Which of the following is the best example of understatement? * It isn't very serious. I only have this tumor on my brain. O drooping souls, whose destinies are fraught with fear On either side of the river lie long fields of barley and of rye The knights came riding two by two clad in crimson

answer: the essay describes the experience of the english narrator, possibly orwell himself, called upon to shoot an aggressive elephant while working as a police officer in burma.

explanation:

substitute y = 2x - 4 to x + 2y = 12:

x + 2(2x - 4) = 12     use distributive property

x + (2)(2x) + () = 12

x + 4x - 8 = 12     add 8 to both sides

5x = 20     divide both sides by 5

x = 4

put the value of x to the first equation:

y = 2(4) - 4

y = 8 - 4

y = 4

b. both have yearned to escape the environment they experienced as a child.

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