The correct answer is five.
According to David Dickinson, a researcher who was interested in the communication between teachers and students, the optimal number of back-and-forth exchanges that a teacher should have with his student in a conversation is five. Fewer than that is too few; more than that is too many.
Quentin is just plain dumb, there is nothing else inherently wrong with him.
Answer:
1. TO VIDEPRO SBOJS – to provide jobs
2. TO VEHA LEANC RIA – to have clean air
3. TO LANCEBA TURENA – to balance nature
4. TO CREASEIN COMEIN – to increase income
5. TO TECTPRO TALCOAS GESVILLA – to protect coastal villages
6. TO TECTPRO HET MENTENVIRON – to protect the environment
7. TO CREASEIN CESOUR OF CINEMEDI – to increase source of medicine
8. TO CREASEIN DOOF PPLYSU, COMEIN – to increase food supply, income
9. TO VENTPRE TIONPOLLU OF SHORESEA – to prevent pollution of seashore
10. TO VIDEPRO DINGBREE ROF RINEMA FELI – to provide breeding for marine life
Explanation:
When unscrambling sentences, it is important to not force your mind. Just stare at the letters for a few seconds and let your brain get used to them. It will eventually draw an association between the letter you are seeing and a word you know. It is useful to also try changing the places of a couple of letters in your mind, just to see if something comes up. Finally, it's important to know the context. In this case, the instructions mention protecting rainforests and coral reefs. That was helpful to realize, for instance, that TALCOAS was "coastal", since this is not a word we use very often.
They were getting smaller after that time
I believe the answer is: self fulfilling prophecy
Self fulfilling prophecy refers to the prediction that somehow makes itself become true/fulfilled. Other example would be when a person is inherently believe that he is somehow intellectually inferior and cannot do anything to improve their get. This often lead him to not making any efforts since he believes it pointless, which lead to self-fulfilling his initial opinion about himself.