Please help its due in 10 min Read the excerpt from Lord of the Flies.

“Ralph! Stop laughing like that. Look, there ain’t no need, Ralph! What’s the others going to think?”

At last Ralph stopped. He was shivering.

"Piggy."

"Uh?"

"That was Simon."

"You said that before."

"Piggy."

"Uh?"

"That was murder."

"You stop it!" said Piggy, shrilly. "What good’re you doing talking like that?”

Question 1
Part A

What decision do Ralph and Piggy make in the excerpt?

They agree to pretend that Simon has simply run off.

They decide to blame Simon for pretending to be the beast.

They agree to pretend that they were not part of the incident.

They decide to tell Jack that he must stop hunting the island's pigs.
Question 2
Part B

How does the decision in Part A affect the way readers view Ralph and Piggy?

It makes it clear to readers how deeply ashamed of their actions they are.

It demonstrates to readers that Ralph and Piggy are admirable figures.

It shows readers that Ralph and Piggy are exactly like Jack.

It indicates to readers that Ralph and Piggy are not responsible for Simon's death.

part A is they agree to pretend that they were not part of the incident.

part B is it makes it clear to readers how deeply ashamed of their actions they are.

Part A: They agree to pretend that they were not part of the incident.

Part B: It makes it clear to readers how deeply ashamed of their actions they are.

Explanation:

3.07 Quiz: Dive Deep into Literature 3

in the problem you wrote said that the taxi charges $0.070 per mile(which would be 7 cents per mile), but then in your suggested equation you have it as $0.70 per mile (which is 70 cents per mile).

the latter seems more realistic, so i will assume that the taxi costs $5.00 and charges $0.70 per mile with tolls costing an additional $3.50. and it asks you to find how far you can travel on $36.50.

let x the number of miles traveled. since the taxi charges $0.70 per mile, multiplying this by the miles traveled (x) will yield the cost of the taxi ride as far as how far it took you. then adding this amount to the cost of the taxi ($5.00) and the additional cost for the tolls ($3.50) will give you the total cost of the taxi ride ($36.50)

that is,

            (0.70)x + 5.00 + 3.50 = 36.50

adding the like terms on the left-hand side of this equation, we arrive at the following:

            (0.70)x + 8.50 = 36.50

subtracting 8.50 from both sides of the equation, we get:

            (0.70)x = 28.00

to solve for x, divide both sides of the equation above by the coefficient of x (that being, 0.70):

            x = 40

thus, you can travel up to 40 miles on $36.50

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