This question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer part B. Part A: What most likely is the author's point of view about bugs?

Hello. You did not present the text to which this question refers, which makes it impossible for it to be answered accurately. However, I will try to help you in the best possible way.

It is only possible to identify the author's point of view after reading the text. However, a point of view is an opinion, a position that the author presents in relation to a subject, which in this case is bugs. In this case, you need to understand what the author's opinion is about bugs, after reading the text. To do this, you will need to interpret the author's argument on this subject and identify the positive or negative opinion being presented.

18≥1.5x

then you're going to want to divide 18 by 1.5. this equals 12. so the answer would be 12.

aka, you can buy 12 peppers, at most.