Precious gems and minerals are not only beautiful and valuable, but they also have important uses. Silver makes beautiful jewelry and serves in photographic and medical processes as well. Stunning green emeralds adorn women throughout the world, but find use in a very commonplace object—the grocery store checkout scanner. We admire diamonds for their sparkle, while tiny diamond chips line huge drills that probe the ground, sea beds, or glaciers for vital information. How is this paragraph organized?

c.it was a major banking and commerce center.

d.leonardo da vinci

d. to fix corruption and problems in the catholic church

d. to reform the catholic church from within

a. human faces are presented in an idealized, spiritual manner.

local max is .5

step-by-step explanation:

the local maximum is for x values between 2 and 4

it looks like the x value is 2.5 and the y value is .5

the united states has a federal government. the president is the head of the federal government of the united states. however, each state forms its government for administration purposes. the powers of the state governments are exercised within restricted state boundaries. and citizens participate in this government by voting.