Which sentences from the text best develop the central idea that prices vary for complex reasons? Select each correct answer.

"Go to a store in Germany to buy a garden hose, and you’ll soon realize you’re not at a hardware store in Kansas."

"In the United States, states need to make money to help pay for the services they provide."

"The price a consumer is willing to pay for a garden hose—its “perceived value”—is a lot higher in Germany than in the United States."

"The price they’re willing to pay is influenced by many factors, such as how much they earn at work, how much they need the item, and how much they pay for necessities."

"One of Germany's fiscal policies is to collect taxes in many stages during the production of items. This is called value-added tax."

Select the correct text in the passage. which two lines in this excerpt from shakespeare's romeo and juliet foreshadow the tragic fate of romeo and juliet? friar laurence: so smile the heavens upon this holy act, that after hours with sorrow chide us not! romeo: amen, amen! but come what sorrow can, it cannot countervail the exchange of joy that one short minute gives me in her sight: do thou but close our hands with holy words, then love-devouring death do what he dare; it is enough i may but call her mine. friar laurence: these violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness and in the taste confounds the appetite: therefore love moderately; long love doth so; too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

The consequence of jim smiley’s human foible adds to the story’s humor. what foible does smiley demonstrate?

Read this excerpt from mohandas gandhi's "banaras hindu university speech." what is the speaker's purpose a. to persuade his audience to struggle for self-governance through peaceful means b. to urge wealthy indians to act instead of merely talk about poverty c. to inform the audience that the british colonial power is stealing indian resources d. to persuade his audience to renounce materialistic wealth and pursue spiritual wealth