This excerpt is from The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith. “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest.”

Which statement best explains Smith’s point?

Businesses acting in their own interests expect something in return for their services.
Businesses acting in their own interests give away goods in hopes that consumers will return.
Businesses such as butchers, brewers, and bakers are kind hearted and help feed people dinner.
Businesses give away their products but want money for the services they provide.

The answer is C

Businesses such as butchers, brewers, and bakers are kind hearted and help feed people dinner.

explanation:

these are the geographical features of the gupta empire.

1)it inherited the land owned by the mauryan empire.

2)one obvious difference between the two empires is that the gupta empire was smaller that the mauryan.

3)the gupta empire is located in the northern region of the subcontinent underneath the himalayan and hindu kush mountains.

the gupta empire, marked by extensive inventions and discoveries that contributed to hindu culture, in subjects such as science, technology, engineering, art, dialectic, literature, logic, mathematics, astronomy, religion, and philosophy.

this period was also known as the golden age of india

i would say your answer is a)

sorry if im wrong