“it takes millions of barrels of oil to make the 100 billion plastic bags that americans use every year. about 2 percent of those bags are recycled the rest are still with us, and will be long after we die, since they do not rot. the passage above uses to make a point. a. opinion c. offensive language b. statistics d. pictures

It will be through raising high the prestige of your administration by success in short-range recovery, that you will have the driving force to accomplish long-range reform. on the other hand, even wise and necessary reform may, in some respects, impede and complicate recovery. what is the purpose of the transitional phrase on the other hand in this excerpt? a) it provides a counter-argument to the writer's main ideas. b) it provides a hypothetical situation for the reader to ponder. c) it provides additional evidence in favor of the writer's argument. d) it provides information about laws that are opposed to the writer's argument.