I just read a summary of Chapter 10 in The Fellowship of the Ring, .
I think Strider <span> offered to share what he knows with Frodo and give him advice so that Frodo and his friends will accept Strider as their guide.
His exact words to Frodo were:
</span><span>'Don't be alarmed!... I will tell you what I know, and give you some good advice — but I shall want a reward.'</span><span>
'Just this: you must take me along with you, until I wish to leave you.'
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Later on in their conversation, it was revealed that Strider was actually Aragorn and he was a close friend to Gandalf.
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Answer:
Explanation The liquid in a graduated cylinder curves up at the edge where the liquid meets the wall of the cylinder. This curve in the liquid is called the meniscus and is used to determine the volume of liquid in a graduated cylinder by observing the measurement tick closest to the bottom of the meniscus.:
