Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform sediment into shale

Agencies of heat, pressure and chemically active fluids.

81 is a composite number

Magma forms by partial melting of upper mantle and crust. partial melt means that only a fraction of the available material forms a melt, and that the remainder stays solid. the partial melt rises because of its lower density and ascends through he crust. this is so conclusive mean the answer would be magma igneous rocks or balistic magma.