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Read the excerpt from "An Hour With Abuelo."

I walk fast to room 10, Abuelo's "suite." He is sitting up in his bed writing with a pencil in one of those old-fashioned black hardback notebooks. It has the outline of the island of Puerto Rico on it. I slide into the hard vinyl chair by his bed.

How does this excerpt best develop the setting in the story?

It explains how easy it is for Arturo to get around the nursing home.

It reveals that the nursing home is an uncomfortable place for Arturo.

It shows that Abuelo lives in a large, fancy room.

It illustrates how happy Abuelo is in his nursing home.

It should be "It reveals that the nursing home is an uncomfortable place for Arturo"

Explanation:

Because he says "I slide into the hard vinyl chair by his bed." meaning the chair is hard and probably uncomfortable and no other answer fits

it shows how happy they are

Explanation:

the answer should be b.

explanation:

it should be b because she researched before writing so it would be in past tense. "the author researches her subject before she had written the first draft.

invention of the washing machine

in the past, people used sticks and stones or scrub boards to clean their clothing. as it was sweaty, backbreaking work, we owe a world of to james king because he created the model for the modern washing machine in 1851. the most important issue was that this machine cleaned clothes while a person cranked the handle. doing this made people who used it develop strong muscles in their arms. later, in 1908, alva j. fisher created an electric washing machine named thor. this one was not the first automatic washing machine. however, it was one of the most popular models at the time.