Regarding the penitentiary established in 1816 at Auburn, New York, all the following statements are true EXCEPT: Group of answer choices it was an institution that primarily emphasized punishment its system and methods were widely copied across the nation prisoners performed labor and produced goods that could be sold for a profit prisoners were not allowed to talk to one another discipline was severe

A). it was an institution that primarily emphasized punishment.

Explanation:

As per the question, all the given statements assert true claims regarding 1816 established penitentiary in New York's Auburn except that 'it was an establishment that laid emphasis on punishment.' This prison served to be an example of a disciplined and excellently administered prison that its methods, as well as, techniques of silence and objective punishments(through alienating them), were followed by the other prisons located across the United States. The convicts were isolated and used productively for producing goods that they could sell for profits. Thus, option A is the correct answer.

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for this case we have the following equation:

we apply distributive property to the terms within parentheses.

subtracting 2 on both sides of the equation: