Had to look for the missing details and here is my answer.
There is an excerpt attached to this which was taken from "Hamlet" and in this excerpt, the implicit and the explicit information can give as the inference that tableware was rare during the period of Elizabethan as it is today. Hope this helps.
Answer:
It helps you understand a deeper meaning of the text because it shows that you understand the text and can predict what will happen next.
Explanation:
Reading isn't "reasonably' strong or solid ;)
I think that it might be c natural gas but I might be wrong