What was the cause for the first punic war? explain in detail and tell me your sources.

The First Punic War broke out because the Mamertines (in the city of Messana, now modern Messina) of Sicily both called for Carthaginian and Roman assistance for their war against Syracuse. Carthage saw this as an opportunity to consolidate its hold on Sicily, while the Romans saw Carthage as encroaching on its sphere of influence. Both Carthage and Rome saw each other as interefering in one another's foreign affairs, and the dispute escalated into open warfare.

d

step-by-step explanation:

an inequality is an expression which means more than one number is a solution. we graph the solutions on a number line to show all possible values. we graph using circles and arrows.

equal to and less/greater than are graphed with filled in circles on the value.only less/greater than (not equal to) are graphed with open (not filled in) circles on the value.we draw an arrow the direction the solutions satisfy the inequality. generally this is the direction the inequality itself points.

this is a filled in circle on -2 so this is . this means only answers c and d are options.

answer d points to the right.