Read the following paragraph. Then select the author's purpose in writing the paragraph. Debbie and her family were finishing the last of their picnic lunch in the park.
"That was delicious," Debbie said, "but I'm still hungry!"
"I'm hungry, too," replied her little brother. "Let's go buy a watermelon at the fruit stand."
The two children scampered across the street and soon returned with a plump, ripe watermelon.
"Ah, the perfect end to a perfect picnic!" Debbie said with a grin.

1. to inform

2. to persuade

3. to entertain

4. to express strong feelings

answer: howdy

step-by-step explanation:

answer: when you burn wood, the carbon reacts with the oxygen in the air to create ash and smoke. that is a permanent change you cannot undo that.

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16 is the absolute value

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answer: - (a)

(b) 88 seats

step-by-step explanation:

given: in an auditorium, there are 22 seats in the first row and 28 seats in the second row.

thus first term=

second term=

the number of seats in a row continues to increase by 6 with each additional row.

⇒d= 6

a) given formula :

b)   let the number of seats (n) = 12

substitute n=12 in the explicit rule formed in (a)

∴there are 88 seats in 12 rows.