Excerpt from the u. s. mint kathy hufford the united states mint makes coins. its main task is to make sure the people of the nation have enough coins to carry on daily business. in addition to coins for commerce (buying and selling), the united states mint also makes other coins and medals for collectors. where is the mint? there are six places around the country that make up this federal agency. each one is called a "facility." a facility is a place or building set up for certain reasons. the united states mint has six facilities with different purposes. from headquarters in washington, dc, the director of the mint oversees the facilities in philadelphia, denver, san francisco, and west point, and fort knox. which is the best summary statement for this passage? a) the united states mint makes medals for collectors. b) from six different locations, the united states mint makes coins so that the people of the nation have enough coins to carry on daily business. c) a facility is a place or building set up for certain reasons. d) from headquarters in washington, dc, the director of the mint oversees the facilities in philadelphia, denver, san francisco, and west point, and fort knox.

B) From six different locations, the United States Mint makes coins so that the people of the nation have enough coins to carry on daily business.

Explanation:

Though the passage contains many sentences that all tells some details about the United States' Mint coins. They include facts like the number of facilities, what a facility means, what is the need for these facilities and so on. So, for the best summarized version of the passage to be in one sentence, option (B) is the right answer. It contains the number of facilities and why the U. S. Mint makes coins. Thus, the correct answer is

From six different locations, the United States Mint makes coins so that the people of the nation have enough coins to carry on daily business.

question:

it's when i'm weary of considerations, and life is too much like a pathless wood where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs broken across it, and one eye is weeping from a twig's having lashed across it open

answer to question #1: the simile that occurs in the text given (lines 43-47) is: ''life is too much like a pathless ''

explanation: a simile is a comparison of one thing with another thing and it is used to make a vivid description. it uses like or as. in the text, we can understand that the person is feeling weary of considerations and because of this, the person compares ''life'' to ''a pathless wood''.

answer to question #2: in this text we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations and compares life to a pathless wood.

explanation: the word frost means coldness and something covered by ice crystals but looking at the comparison made in this text, we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations therefore he/she compares life to a pathless wood.