Answer:
The answer is that you need to have patience and as time goes on alleck will realise everything you do for him
Explanation:
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If you do not wish to visit the site I believe the answer is A.
Because she is mourning her own mortality, because man is mortal.
After all, we did love playing a prank on him.
He would have to push on it creating a torque that causes angular velocity of the merry go round to change.