Which of these quotes best explains Hamid's advice to novelists? O A. "And the novel needs to keep changing if it is to remain novel."
B. "In the future, novelists need not abandon plot and character, but would do well to bear in mind the novel's weirdness."
O C. "It must, pilfering a phrase from TV, boldly go where no one has gone before."
O D. “The novel should only do what the serial drama could never do."

A. "And the novel needs to keep changing if it is to remain novel."

Explanation:

In the article, Hamid seems to prefer TV viewing over reading lengthy novels, this is evident when he said "I now watch a lot of TV.." He goes further to say "Films could be well written, but they were smaller than novels. TV was big, but its writing was clunky..this represents a crisis for the novel."

Then comes Hamid's advice to novelists, "And the novel needs to keep changing if it is to remain novel."

be more specific with your question.

substitute y = 2x - 4 to x + 2y = 12:

x + 2(2x - 4) = 12     use distributive property

x + (2)(2x) + () = 12

x + 4x - 8 = 12     add 8 to both sides

5x = 20     divide both sides by 5

x = 4

put the value of x to the first equation:

y = 2(4) - 4

y = 8 - 4

y = 4