A roadside fruit stand sells apples at 75 cents a pound, peaches at 90 cents a pound, and pears at 60 cents a pound. One customer buys 18 pounds of fruit at a total cost of $13.80. The peaches and pears together cost $1.80 more than the
apples. Define your variables and use a system to solve. What does your solution represent?

this doesn't make sense lol

you forgot the options, but i found them anyways, the correct answer is "john wilson believes that words and actions based on the intellect are superior to those based on emotions".

john wilson is depicted as an extremely intelligent man. the point of the excerpt is to make a sort of distinction between emotional and rational intelligence. he happens to have both attributes, but he clearly favors his intellectual gifts. at the same time, because of his religious background, he's a little bit conflicted with this and it makes him ashamed.

hope this !