What part of the the passage best states hardin’s central argument
a. if we divide the world crudely into rich nations and poor nations, two thirds of them are desperately poor, and only on third comparatively rich, with the united states the wealthiest of all.
b. metaphorically each rich nation can be seen as a lifeboat full of comparatively rich people. in the ocean outside each lifeboat swim the poor of the world, and go would like to get in, or at least to share some of the wealth
c. first, we must recognize the limited capacity of any lifeboat
d. for example, a nations land has a limited capacity to support a population and as the current energy crisis has shown us, in some ways we have already exceeded the carrying capacity of our land.

Explain the purpose of eliezer's father's allusion to mrs. schachter.

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.

Ineed .. read the passage, and choose the two (2) inferences that are most firmly based on the given information. eye contact, also referred to as gaze, is how—and how much—we look at peoplewith whom we are communicating. eye contact has several purposes incommunication.its presence shows that we are paying attention. in addition, how we look at a person reveals a range of emotions such as affection, anger, or fear. moreover, intensity of eye contact may also be used to show dominance. for instance, we talk of someone “staring another person down.” finally, through ou reye contact we can check the effect of our communication. by maintaining our eye contact, we can tell when or whether people are paying attention to us, when people are involved in what we are saying, and what their feelings are about what we are saying. 1. eye contact can be a clue to what we feel and what our listeners feel. 2. our eyes are more important than our ears in effective communication. 3. eye contact can never reveal how much power one person has overanother. 4. sometimes a parent can control children just