It can reasonably be inferred that the narrator decides to loosen the skysail because Choose 1 the crew would be in danger otherwise. the captain of the ship ordered him to. the other sailors on the ship agreed that he should. it was something he had always wanted to do. I would be guessing.

Which hypothesis most likely inspired leeuwenhoek’s experimentation with new technology? if the amount of magnification is correct, then an individual germ can be seen, because individual germs exist but are too small for human eyes. if the amount of magnification is correct, then wounds can be kept clean of germs, because wounds are often infected during surgery. if the correct medicine is used, then a certain disease can be cured, because different diseases are caused by different germs. if the correct medicine is used, then germs can be grown until they are large enough to see, because most germs are too small to see in nature.