6+1/4= 6 1/4
Jason runs 6 miles, and Megan runs 1/4 of a mile more, therefore you must add 1/4 to 6 to get the correct answer.
6/1 + 1/4= 24/4 + 1/4= 25/4
Simplify 25/4 and get 6 1/4.
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In this passage, Willis is expressing that literature is a message from the past telling us about the lives of those before us. We are told that these messages are trying to tell us how we live and how we die based on others experiences. Willis tries to explain this through a concerned, yet passionate tone that urges us, the readers, to learn from the mistakes and the fortunes of the lives of people before us. We can only do this through literature, as it is the gateway to seeing how the world works.
It seems to be called a Story within story, which is when a character within the lager story narrates a story of their own. I hope that wasn't to cofusing.It was all I could find.
D. gerund phrase as a direct object
Gerund is one of three kinds of verbals. Like all verbals, gerunds are nouns derived from verbs. Gerunds end in -ing. In the sentence, "leading" is the gerund. This gerund phrase is used as the direct object.