In the wrecked and the beautiful how does it show the price of following the crowd?

substitute y = 2x - 4 to x + 2y = 12:

x + 2(2x - 4) = 12     use distributive property

x + (2)(2x) + () = 12

x + 4x - 8 = 12     add 8 to both sides

5x = 20     divide both sides by 5

x = 4

put the value of x to the first equation:

y = 2(4) - 4

y = 8 - 4

y = 4

is it multiple

the words “strangest” and “unusual” suggest that the narrator is about to tell the story of an odd or puzzling group of people.

i think   they were arguing over whether they would get info from doing it or nit was invading privacy