Why won't the suitors leave the home of odysseus?

a. they are there to support telemachus as father figures.

b. they wish to pay their respects to odysseus's widow.

c. they are waiting to hear which one of them penelope will marry.

d. they want to persuade telemachus to go to war with the spartans.

onto a large boat, and mark the water level that the boat sinks to. then, take the elephant out and put a bunch of marked weights onto the boat until it reaches the same water level. add up the masses of the weights to get the weight of the elephant.

i believe it may be the hope this sorry if i'm wrong.