Monday, October 28. George Washington had been impatient since his departure from Philadelphia in early September.
When he left the stricken city, he had put Secretary of War Henry Knox in charge of the government, giving the former
general clear instructions to report to him weekly concerning the spread of yellow fever. But after a few days' close contact
with the pestilence, Knox found that his warrior instinct had abandoned him. He closed up his house and fled across New
Jersey to Manhattan Island.
What is the most likely reason the story begins with this cause-and-effect relationship?
O to illustrate how cowardly Knox was
o to illustrate how important the city was
o to illustrate how scary yellow fever was
O to illustrate how anxious Washington was
What is the most likely reason the story begins with this cause and effect relationship

Read the excerpt from the code book. without much hope of a theoretical breakthrough, cryptanalysts have been forced to look for a technological innovation. if there is no obvious way to reduce the number of steps required for factoring, then cryptanalysts need a technology that will perform these steps more quickly. silicon chips will continue to get faster as the years pass, doubling in speed roughly every eighteen months, but this is not enough to make a real impact on the speed of factoring—cryptanalysts require a technology that is billions of times faster than current computers. consequently, cryptanalysts are looking toward a radically new form of computer, the quantum computer. if scientists could build a quantum computer, it would be able to perform calculations with such enormous speed that it would make a modern supercomputer look like a broken abacus. the author’s purpose in this paragraph is to convince the readers to pursue a career in analysis. explain the need for faster technology in cryptanalysis. entertain with interesting stories about supercomputers. argue for more money to develop a quantum computer.