1. "i am not much at heights, but the mules were enormously tall, enormously heavy, very beautiful beasts, white, red, yellow, and black, and sleek with unlimited polishing and grooming" based on this passage, what is the author's purpose for writing this text? a. to entertain the reader with tales of horses b. to persuade the reader to take up horseback riding c. to illustrate the unique beauty found in china d. to inform the reader about the poor road conditions in china

C) to illustrate the unique beauty found in China.

Explanation: When writing, an author can have several different purposes, for example: to persuade, inform, to entertain, to explain, etc. From the given options, the one that represents the author's purpose for writing the text, is the corresponding to option C: to illustrate the unique beauty found in China, because, as we can see, the narrator describes the mules as "enormously tall, enormously heavy, very beautiful beasts, white, red, yellow, and black, and sleek with unlimited polishing and grooming."

the legal limit for the drivers who can drive after consuming any amount of alcohol is 21 years.

explanation:

on november 1, 1996, a "zero tolerance law" was put into effect in the new york state.

according to this zero tolerance law, for people under the age of 21 years, it was illegal to purchase and possess alcohol or to drive after consuming any amount of it.

also, the alcohol involvement rate for the drivers under the age of 21 was roughly twice that of elderly drivers.

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