Finally, if the salaries of women are raised, havoc will ensue. Companies cannot take on that extra burden, and many will fold. Or, companies will be forced to enact equality another way; instead of raising women’s salaries, they will decrease men’s. What makes the reasoning in this excerpt fallacious?

The excerpt uses oversimplification by implying change would be instantaneous and have one of two negative effects.

The excerpt evades the real issue by theorizing how equal pay would affect the economy.

The excerpt attacks women personally by implying that women would not mind an increase in their salary at men's expense.

The excerpt is told from a male perspective, which calls into question its credibility.

Read the poem from "my brothers’ flying machine: orville, wilbur, and me" by jane yolen first before answering these questions. part a: how do lines 1–23 most support a theme of the poem? question 1 options: a by describing how heavy the constructed plane would be b by detailing the commitment that went into the first flight c by showing how tunnels were used to make test flights d by illustrating the challenges of fueling the plane read the poem from "my brothers’ flying machine: orville, wilbur, and me" by jane yolen first before answering these questions. part b which evidence from the poem best supports the answer to part a (question 1)? question 2 options: a “now they worked dawn to dusk / so absorbed in what they were doing,” (lines 1–2) b “they learned about lift and drag.” (line 9) c “gasoline was gravity-fed into the engine” (line 19) d “over six hundred pounds of aeroplane— / it could not be assembled whole in our shop.” (lines 22–23)