Which statement describes gerrymandering's packing strategy?

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Packing is a gerrymandering tactic where opposition voters are concentrated into as few districts as possible. By piling many of the opposing voters into a handful of districts, those districts become safely won by the opposition, while the remaining districts are dominated by the party drawing the maps. This wastes the opposition’s votes in the packed districts and maximizes the number of seats the map-drawer’s party can win with the rest. Spreading opposition voters across many districts to dilute their power is known as cracking, not packing. Requiring equal population in districts is a standard redistricting rule, not a packing strategy, and proportional representation is a different electoral system concept.