20 points 1. Which sentence from the passage is the BEST example of the author's
attempt to develop interest and engage his audience? *
Average commutes have lengthened, and congestion has gotten worse, commutes
have lengthened, and congestion has gotten worse, if anything.
Eventually, we end up with more clogged roads rather than a long-term improvement
in traffic flow.
The numbers add up fast: five minutes is worth $97.7 billion; ten minutes, $195 billion;
fifteen minutes, $292 billion.
In today's idea-driven economy, the cost of time is what really matters.