Read the excerpt from the awakening, and look at the plot diagram.
since the age of fifteen, which was eleven years before, robert each summer at grand isle had constituted himself the devoted attendant of some fair dame or damsel. sometimes it was a young girl, again a widow, but as often as not it was some interesting married woman.

which best explains this excerpt’s purpose in the novel’s plot structure?
the excerpt creates conflict between characters as part of the rising action.
the excerpt provides background information on a character as part of the exposition.
the excerpt returns a character to equilibrium as part of the falling action.
the excerpt is the point of greatest tension and acts as the climax.

the correct answer is: The excerpt provides background information on a character as part of the exposition.

Explanation:

I took the test.

the answer is d. she became an english professor at university of georgia.

this is the answer , p = 1 + (1/10)x

step-by-step explanation:

we have,

at sea level pressure is 1 atmosphere (i.e at x =0, p0=1 atmosphere)

at depth 23 meters , pressure = 3.3 atmosphere

since the pressure increases at constant rate as the depth increases, so we can write a relation as:

p =p0 +   kx   , where p is the pressure  , p0 is the initial pressure, x is the depth and k is constant rate of increasing.

to find constant rate k, plug p = 3.3 , p0 = 1 and x= 23 meters

we get,

  3.3 = 1 + k * 23

k = 2.3 / 23   = 1/10

so we can write the function formula as:   p = 1 + (1/10)x