Victor remarks that he was "left to struggle with a child's blindness, added to a student's thirst for knowledge" (26). With those qualities, Victor began his search for the philosopher's stone and "the elixir of life," but soon focused on the latter. Why?

“way of writing” should be replaced with “writing style"

“idea” should be replaced with “purpose.”

maybe   “people from a long time ago” should be replaced with “elizabethans.”

the answer to this question is unstoppable.

18≥1.5x

then you're going to want to divide 18 by 1.5. this equals 12. so the answer would be 12.

aka, you can buy 12 peppers, at most.