Which of these represents religious authority is "walking around"?
a. nuns
b. priests
c. god
d. churches

The correct answer is "A: Nuns".

In the poem "Walking Around", Pablo Neruda depicts the sentiment of a man who is clearly disappointed with life and demotivated by everything. This man decides to go out for a walk and starts thinking about the things he cannot stand anymore but also the things he would love to do before he passes away. It is this point where he talks about wrongdoings such "terrify a law clerk with a cut lily" and "killing a nun with a blow on the ear", making reference to the law clerk as a civil authority and the nun as a form of religious authority.

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."

x=4, y=4

step-by-step explanation:

y=2x-4;

x+2y=12

we can use substitution since the first equation is solved for y

where ever you see y in the second equation, replace it with 2x-4

x + 2(2x-4) = 12

distribute the 2

x+4x-8 = 12

combine like terms

5x-8=12

add 8 to each side

5x-8+8=12+8

5x=20

divide by 5

5x/5 = 20/5

x =4

we still need to solve for y

y = 2x-4

we know x =4

y = 2(4) -4

y = 8-4

y=4