PLS HELP (1) Among the many things Europeans learned from the Aztecs was how to make red dye. (2) Aztecs made red dye through a process that begins with drying and crushing the cochineal (a small insect that lives in and feeds off cacti). (3) Artificial dyes were introduced in the 19th century. (4) Because of this, people stopped using cochineal dye. (5) I'm thankful for this because I do not think insects should have to die so people can wear red shirts. (6) However, recent interests in all-natural products have led some clothing makers to begin using cochineal dye again.

5. Which sentence supports the main idea of the passage above, the least? *

A. Sentence 5

B. Sentence 1

C. Sentence 6

D. Sentence 3

D). Sentence 3.

Explanation:

As per the question, the third sentence least supports the central idea of the given passage. The key idea of the passage is to inform the readers about how Aztecs learned the process of preparing red dye by using cochineal(insect) and its associated aspects like(the reason for which people stopped using it or the latest interests in it again). The third sentence tells the reader about the period in which artificial dyes came into existence which is completely out of the context and irrelevant to the central idea. Hence, option D is the correct answer.

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one thousand and one nights, also called the arabian nights is a collection of middle eastern tales compiled in arabic during the islamic golden age, dated from the 8th to the 14th century. this collection was compiled of largely middle eastern and indian stories with an uncertain date and autorship whose tales such as aladdin, ali baba and sinbad the sailor -these ones were the most popular ones, the ones that have almost become part of western folklore.

as in much medieval european literature, the stories contained in this collection are set within a frame story. its scene is central asia, as known as "the islands or peninsulae of india and china", where king shahryar kills his wife after discovering her infidelities and as well as any other who betrayed him.   then, loathing all womankind, he marries and kills his new wife each day until no more candidates could have been found. his vizier had two daughters, scheherezade and dunyazad. the elder one -scheherezade- having devised a scheme to save herself and the others insisted that her father needed to give her in marriage to the king. each evening, she used to tell a story leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. the stories kept the king very interested, so eager to hear evey ending of each story, that he puts off her execution from day to day and finally he decided to give up with his plan. these stories are contained within the collection of 1001 nights, the bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is usually used for songs and riddles to express better the heightened emotion of them.

d

explanation: