This is true. Metaphors do not represent literal/denotative meaning and require some connotation to be involved.
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Answer:
Puerto Rico was Spanish (Europe) who used African slaves.
Explanation:
Food (as well as music) is a perfect analogy to describe the colonial history of any Latin American country. The food of Puerto Rico, like it´s music, will show the Spanish and the African influence on the traditional cuisine of Puerto Rico.
Note: when we think of Salsa music we say Cuba, but Puerto Rican musicians have played a tremendous important role in the devtelopment of salsa music, as anyone in the New York music scene could confirm.
Answer:
a. 8 Read below
Explanation:
When you are given questions like this with a fraction multiplied by a whole number ... turn the whole number into a fraction so for example the first one can be re written as 
and from here you first multiply the numerator which is the top numbers so 2*12 = 24. Then you multiply the denominators or bottom numbers. 3*1 =3
Then you take the numerator (top) and divide by denominator (bottom)
24/3 = 8
