Represents a company to customers by performing one or more of the following activities: prospecting, communicating, selling, servicing, information gathering, and relationship building.

are there actual statements because if not my answer would be: that using the five senses the author can create a sense of worth in an object to appeal to the reader and create meaning.

i would say b. research typically uses a variety of sources

protectionism fosters competition and keeps price regulated is not an argument in favor of protectionism.

answer; /// decreasing responsiveness to a stimulus to which one is repeatedly exposed;