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
Answer:
The narrator is saying that they used to think the world was some magical place with no flaws, and then they realized it was otherwise.
"Or would I leave her be naïve, to keep having fun?" The narrator is going back and forth between leaving themselves innocent, so that they can enjoy it while it lasts.
The author is considering this because "I would give up everything I have, to view life through her eyes again." As a child, she was innocent, and loved the world, and is wistful to feel the same way again.
Hope this helps :)
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<em>Brook</em>
“The United States was slower than Great Britain to fully embrace the changes”. (First paragraph, 3rd sentence). This sentence does not add to the point of the paper which is that the industrial revolution urbanized the US. This sentence is unrelated and can easily be removed without affecting the author’s explanation.
The Desiderata is that poem: "<span>Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence".
The plot is basically self-help. Get up and get on with it.
I am not sure about the setting. I can make a guess: the setting would be the human mind.
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