Equity is the difference between what your house is worth (today) and how much you owe on it (today). Building equity in a home is a good thing because paying DOWN what you owe and building UP what the house is worth. Hope this helps. Have a nice day.
The chronology displayed in the excerpt is option 3) "Pope follows to invest in the cycling industry steps".
In this excerpt, the author is narrating Pope's interest in bikes as a way to make make business. Evidence in the text supports this view: "A Civil War veteran and entrepreneur, he wondered about the machine's possibilities as both a business venture and a means of transportation". In this part, the author describes Pope as entrepreneur and how he thought about the possibility of investing in bikes. Then, at the end of the excerpt, the author tells how Pope was convinced by the bikes' possible business success "the businessman suddenly saw the potential of traveling on two wheels."
Thanksgiving is a day everyone gives thanks for when the native Indians helped the Europeans. Labor Day is being grateful for our American soldiers.
Something like that.
Both humor and irony are used in satire to make fun of corporations, people, society, etc.
If counterfeit is the underlined word then the answer is <span>imitation</span>