In the passage<span>, ‘The Sand Reckoner” Marcus’s words about needing to disembark contribute to the plot because in paragraph 2 Archimedes is trying to play </span>mathematical games with Marcus<span>, but Marcus is trying to get Archimedes to be serious. He is trying to get Archimedes to understand there’s a war going on and he needs to focus and stop playing games. </span>
<span>Packing the abacus = </span>Facing reality<span>, and </span>seeing that a war is going on<span>, and Syracuse has protected itself. Focusing and attending to the tasks at hand. </span>
<span>Question 72 </span>
What does Archimedes realize about the Great Harbor that brings the story to its resolution/conclusion?<span>
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Answer:
<em>F</em><em>A</em><em>C</em><em>T</em><em>:</em>
<em>t</em><em>h</em><em>e</em><em> </em><em>r</em><em>o</em><em>t</em><em>a</em><em>t</em><em>i</em><em>o</em><em>n</em><em> </em><em>o</em><em>f</em><em> </em><em>t</em><em>h</em><em>e</em><em> </em><em>e</em><em>a</em><em>r</em><em>t</em><em>h</em><em> </em><em>i</em><em>s</em><em> </em><em>g</em><em>r</em><em>a</em><em>d</em><em>u</em><em>a</em><em>l</em><em>l</em><em>y</em><em> </em><em>s</em><em>l</em><em>o</em><em>w</em><em>i</em><em>n</em><em>g</em><em> </em><em>d</em><em>o</em><em>w</em><em>n</em><em>.</em>
<em>A</em><em>R</em><em>I</em><em>A</em><em> </em><em>♡</em>
The aging process can correctly be described as inexorable.