Read this excerpt from the article "clemente's impact wanes in puerto rico 40 years after his death." three months before, we had been riveted by clemente's pursuit of his 3,000th hit, a feat he accomplished on the last weekend of the 1972 season with the pittsburgh pirates. he became the 11th player and first latino to reach the coveted mark, and the residents of this u. s. territory swelled with pride. what can best be inferred from this excerpt?

21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.

wht excerpt u need to add it

a. to introduce the audience to important characters .

b. to inform the audience where the story takes place .

e. to lay out specific details about different plot points.