Question

5. The function m(x) = |x - 79| represents the absolute deviation (in inches) of a

man's height x (in inches) from the average height of men on a college basketball
team. The function w(x) = |x - 72 represents the absolute deviation (in inches)
of a woman's height x (in inches) from the average height of women on a college
basketball team. Compare the absolute deviations for a man and a woman who are
both 76 inches tall.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Reread the underlined sentence on page 4.

What does the figurative language in this

sentence suggest about the narrator?

He feels that people should have used better tools

to help them detect advanced life forms on other

planets.

He sympathizes with people for not apprehending

that there was advanced life on other planets.

He is unable to believe that there could be any

form of life more advanced than humans.

He blames people's exaggerated idea of their

superiority for their failure to imagine life more

advanced than themselves.