Coal executive: The majority of individuals within the mountain country of Montania have historically been coal miners. However, many coal mines have closed and the number of coal mining jobs available has decreased by nearly 90%. The best way to get these jobs back is to ensure that demand is at the same level it was before we lost these jobs. Our country must offer subsidies that will allow producers to decrease the price of coal and increase the demand for coal and therefore the need for coal mining jobs in order to recover these lost jobs. Which of the following, if true, would weaken the coal executive’s argument?
A. Coal is already less expensive per unit than is natural gas within the country of Montania.
B. Many of Montania’s trading partners use a combination of solar and wind power.
C. Montania has invested heavily in retraining programs for former coal miners, many of whom have transitioned to other industries.
D. Improvements in technology have increased the amount of coal that can be produced per worker by 1000%.
E. No new coal deposits have been discovered within Montania for the last fifteen years.

Correct

E. No new coal deposits have been discovered within Montania for the last fifteen years.

Explanation:

This option E would definitely weaken the coal executive argument because, most of the jobs were lost if there was no discovery of coal in the last 15 years. To most coal producer, it would be meaningless to keep most of the workers in payroll when there is no job available for them. Rather than incur losses, they would rather sack their workers thereby leading to decrease in number of coal workers.

the correct answer option is b. a single paragraph.

explanation:

when you are thinking about paragraph​ topics, you should always choose a subject that can be adequately addressed in a single paragraph.

a paragraph is a piece of writing consisting of a few sentences that deal with a single theme. it has only a single idea that the paragraph revolves around and talks about.

so a paragraph topic must be chosen wisely where a single idea can be communicated in a single paragraph.

you will have $2593.74 in 10 years if you set aside $1,000 at 10%

you will have $9321.91 in 20 years if you set aside $2000 at 8%

you will have $1469.32 in 5 years if you set aside $1000 at 8%

you will have $1296.87 in 10 years if you set aside $500 at 10%

you will have $239.66 in 15 years if you set aside $100 at 6%

you will have $4660.96 in 20 years if you set aside $1000 at 8%