Nathan works as a materials scientist for a carpet manufacturer. he has developed a material that does not work well in carpeting, but it could have applications in hard flooring or other construction products. nathan has been made the team lead for a group of scientists tasked with determining some marketable uses for the new material. the group could be referred to as:
a. skunkworks.
b. delegates.
c. horse traders.
d. bootleggers.
e. spin-offs.

A. skunkworks.

Explanation:

skunkworks -

A skunkwork  groups are the small and loosely structured group of people , who develop and research a project , and their main focus is radical innovation .

The term , skunkwork , originated in the world war ll , during the P - 80 shooting star design . This term was then generalized to be applicable to same high - priority R & D projects .  

From the data of the question , the group is called the skunkwork .

answer(d) all of the choices are correct;