Which excerpt from amy tan's "fish cheeks" is most clearly an example of conflict? a. robert and his family waited patiently for platters to be passed to them. my relatives murmured with pleasure when my mother brought out the whole steamed fish. b. it wasn't until many years later — long after i had gotten over my crush on robert — that i was able to fully appreciate her lesson and the true purpose behind our particular menu. c. the kitchen was littered with appalling mounds of raw food: a slimy rock cod with bulging eyes that pleaded not to be thrown into a pan of hot oil. tofu, which looked like stacked wedges of rubbery white sponges. d. and then they arrived — the minister's family and all my relatives in a clamor of doorbells and rumpled christmas packages. robert grunted hello, and i pretended he was not worthy of existence?

Achemist at a pharmaceutical company is measuring equilibrium constants for reactions in which drug candidate molecules bind to a protein involved in cancer. the drug molecules bind the protein in a 1: 1 ratio to form a drug-protein complex. the protein concentration in aqueous solution at 25 ˚c is 1.74 x10-6 m . drug a is introduced into the protein solution at an initial concentration of 2.00 x10-6m. drug b is introduced into a separate, identical protein solution at an initial concentration of 2.00 x10-6m. at equilibrium, the drug a-protein solution has an a-protein complex concentration of 1.00 x10-6m, and the drug b solution has a b-protein complex concentration of 1.40 x10-6m.a. calculate the kc value for the a-protein binding reaction.b. calculate the kc value for the b-protein binding reaction.c. assuming that the drug that binds more strongly will be more effective, which drug is the better choice for further research?