Read the following sentence from an argumentative essay. what good is a wagon without a horse to pull it? what rhetorical approach is the writer most likely to be taking in this sentence? a. the writer wants the reader to come to a common-sense conclusion on his or her own. b. the writer wants to appear ignorant so that the reader mistakenly underestimates him or her. c. the writer wants the reader to conduct further research in order to determine the answer. d. the writer wants to use an old-fashioned example to show how outdated the essay's topic is.

a. the writer wants the reader to come to a common-sense conclusion on his or her own.

Explanation:

Rhetoric is the art of using a language to communicate effectively and persuasively. Following this reasoning, the author used the phrase "what good is a wagon without a horse to pull it?" to persuade the reader to come to a common sense alone and thus come to a concrete conclusion.

this is the answer , p = 1 + (1/10)x

step-by-step explanation:

we have,

at sea level pressure is 1 atmosphere (i.e at x =0, p0=1 atmosphere)

at depth 23 meters , pressure = 3.3 atmosphere

since the pressure increases at constant rate as the depth increases, so we can write a relation as:

p =p0 +   kx   , where p is the pressure  , p0 is the initial pressure, x is the depth and k is constant rate of increasing.

to find constant rate k, plug p = 3.3 , p0 = 1 and x= 23 meters

we get,

  3.3 = 1 + k * 23

k = 2.3 / 23   = 1/10

so we can write the function formula as:   p = 1 + (1/10)x