From the fact that Austin's checks his breath in paragraph 1, we can conclude that he is

D) worried

Explanation:

In the text, Austin checks if his inhaler is in his backpack, although he does not actually need it. Although he did not suffer from an asthma attack for a long period of time, he keeps his inhaler in the pocket in case he suddenly needs it. Austin is afraid without a real reason, which makes him worried (D). All the other options (determined, distracted, lighthearted) do not describe his state of mind in this case.

the cost of attendance or coa is an approximate budget for the cost of attendance of the whole academic year. in order to calculate this, universities take into consideration many factors like room and board, tuitions and fees, books, transportation and personal expenses such as medicine, laundry, clothing. all these factors combined make up the final sum to the cost of attendance in each university.

a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.