First and foremost, the video game industry is a business. It makes billions of dollars every year, and a large part of that money comes from M-rated games. Halo 3, one of those M-rated games, sold $170 million on its first day of release. Somehow, people expect to put a stop to that, just rid the industry of millions of dollars worth of high-quality adult games that are responsible for hundreds or thousands of jobs and are a viable alternative to movies or television aimed at the same audience. What type of argument does this passage utilize? a. appeal to emotions c. appeal to logic b. bandwagon d. none of the above

Is the underlined word a predicate nominative or a predicate adjective? could that animal have been an alligator or a *crocodile*? a. predicate adjective b. predicate nominative crocodile is the underlined word.

(05.02)on a boat, a cabin's window is in the shape of an isosceles trapezoid, as shown below. what is the area of the window? using what you know about the words "decompose," "descent," and "deport," the prefix "de" means

Read this excerpt from "herd about the flu." the flu shot prevent huge numbers of infections. even when it doesn't fully prevent infection in every person, the shot makes any flu infection less serious. on a global scale, the vaccine can reduce the number of infections only if most people in the community take it. that's because vaccines need to reach enough people to achieve a "herd immunity," the level of immunity needed to prevent the virus from spreading. if too few people get the vaccine, the people who receive it may not be well protected against infection. so the next time you are at the drugstore, and you see no flu shots available, think about the reasons behind it. drug makers are scared to make too many flu shots because they could lose too much money. they then make fewer flu shots and the effect of the flu shots becomes weaker because not enough people take it. people become more reluctant to take the flu shot since they don't think it will fully work. the demand goes down further and the flu companies make even fewer shots the next year. this could continue until the community changes its mind and we all get the flu shot. "that is a community responsibility," says the president of merck, one of the two remaining flu vaccine manufacturers. which argument best supports the passage's claim that more people should get the flu vaccine to stop the virus from spreading? 1.if too few people get the vaccine, the people who receive it may not be well protected against infection 2. so the next time you are at the drugstore, and you see no flu shots available, think about the reasons behind it. 3.people become more reluctant to take the flu shot since they don’t think it will fully work. 4.drug makers are scared to make too many flu shots because they could lose too much money.