Why does the author include details about the purchases the lin family makes at the rummage sale in "the all-american slurp"?

a. to explain how the lins become friends with their neighbors
b. to highlight mrs. lin’s talent for decorating their home
c. to illustrate the lins’ efforts to afford and live an american lifestyle
d. to emphasize the narrator’s desire for expensive items

Listening is also important because you spend more time listening than participating in any other communication activity. in fact, you spend more time listening to others than doing almost anything else. typical americans spend more than 80 percent of any average day communicating with other people l. they spend 45 percent of that communication time listening to others. which sentence states the main idea?