Analyzing Individuals, Ideas, or Events in Informational Texts - Quiz - Level H
What point is the author trying to make by putting the
different types of travel into these categories?
Travel time has changed a lot over
the years, but people still have
options for getting from point A to
allows travelers
to get
someplace fast
allows travelers
to take
their time
point B.
Most people now prefer to travel
quickly and not take too much time
getting from point A to point B.
www
air travel
car travel
Most people still prefer to take
their time travelling when it comes
to getting from point A to point B.
information
superhighway
train travel
Travel time has changed a lot over
the years, and people stopped
getting from point A to point B like
they used to.

The author tries to contextualize the changing pace of travel and what it has meant for travelling from a point to another.

Explanation:

The writer argues that because the people take less time to reach from point A to point B they actually have proportionally more time to stay or explore point B which was not a luxury provided before.

At the same time it sort of laments the impatience of this generation as we are so used to minimal travel times.

The older days had journeys usually lasting longer than the visit to a place itself with months and months spent on either a ship or a caravan.

This is not the case anymore and the journey has not remained meaningful. It is now literally just getting from point A to point B.

1.3x - 2 - (3.3x + 5) = 2x + 1

1.3x - 2 - 3.3x - 5 = 2x + 1

-2x - 7 = 2x + 1

-7 = 4x + 1

-8 = 4x

x = -2