Question

In the early 1900s, a handy invention lightened laundry loads by squeezing water out of garments. Homemakers could attach a clothes wringer to a bucket with built-in vice clamps and crank individual pieces of laundry through two sturdy rollers.How does the image enhance the paragraph?

a.by labeling the parts of the clothes wringer
b.by crediting the inventor of the clothes wringer
c.by reinforcing the description of the clothes wringer
d.by criticizing the shortcomings of the clothes wringer

Answer 1

It would be C. By reinforcing the description of the clothes wringer.

Answer 2

In the image provided, the text describes the drying process in detail by explaining how each part of the clothes wringer (bucket with built-in vice clamps, and two sturdy rollers) work as a whole in order to get the clothes dry, easing the homemakers' garments cleaning process in early 1900's.

So the answer is: C.by reinforcing the description of the clothes wringer.