I think you mean a scaler quantity.
a scaler quantity is something that is measured without a directional component to it.
ie. mass, temperature, speed
it could be negative value but the negative means its value. you can use a scale to measure scaler quantity.
Choice B is the correct option, in the current MLA format, you finish the quote then add your citation. You do not need a comma to separate the author and page number. Author first, then page number<span />
The part of the excerpt that supports the claim that Paine believed the
human cost of the colonists' armed struggle against the British was well
worth the struggle might be 'Let it be told to the future world, that
in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive,
that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth
to meet and to repulse it.'
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Answer:
to escape slavery to become free
Explanation: