My children, latest generation born from Cadmus, why are you sitting here with wreathed sticks in supplication to me, while the city fills with incense, chants and cries of pain? …

so I have come in person—I, Oedipus,
whose fame all men acknowledge.
…

I shall assist you willingly in every way.
I would be a hard-hearted man indeed,
if I did not pity suppliants like these.

What can we infer about Oedipus from the last three lines of the passage?

that Oedipus is a hard-hearted man
that Oedipus is easily angered
that Oedipus is a good king and committed to helping his people
that the Chorus bothers Oedipus

In the real world, feldman learned to settle for less than 95 percent. he came to consider a company “honest” if its payment rate was above 90 percent. he considered a rate between 80 and 90 percent “annoying but tolerable.” if a company habitually paid below 80 percent, feldman might post a hectoring note, like this one: the cost of bagels has gone up dramatically since the beginning of the year. unfortunately, the number of bagels that disappear without being paid for has also gone up. don’t let that continue. i don’t imagine that you would teach your children to cheat, so why do it yourselves? the excerpt serves as which type of support for the authors’ argument? a claim an example a conclusion a counterclaim