Read the excerpt from "harrison bergeron."and george, while his intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental handicap radio in his ear. he was required by law to wear it at all times. it was tuned to a government transmitter. every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like george from taking unfair advantage of their brains. how is this excerpt an example of irony? handicapping intelligence contradicts expectations because intelligence is normally considered a positive attribute. handicapping intelligence is pointless because determining whether one's intelligence is above normal is a matter of opinion. if george were really that intelligent, he would remove the device from his ear. the mental handicap radio is incapable of correcting physical advantages.

The answer is the first option, “handicapping intelligence contradicts expectations because intelligence is normally considered a positive attribute”.

Irony can be defined as a type of speech in which the words are adopted in a tone that the predetermined meaning is way different from the actual meaning of the words. That said in other words, the irony is just the use of words to verbalize something different than the actual or literal meaning of the words.

In the excerpt, we can appreciate the irony when it says that George was obligated by law to wear the mental handicap radio in his ear just to decrease his intelligence.  

the median of the data is 4.

step-by-step explanation:

the median means the middle number of a given number.

to decide which one is the median, arrange in ascending or descending order. but sometimes, you may find two(2) number in the middle, but it's easy, just add them together and divide by 2.

so,   determine the median of the data. 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9

it is already arranged, count 3 times forward and 3 backward and the one left is your answer.

2,3,3,4,5,7,9

our answer is 4.

hope this !

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