if you were writing about how de vacas experiences with the native Americans may have influenced him to treat them humanely later in his life which passage below would give good supporting detail?

i think the answer is d.

answer: inference

explanation:

an inference can be understood as a conclusion to which a person is able to get based on reasoning. it is the same as a deduction, a guess, an assumption.   in the sentence presented, the conjunction "but" gives the readers an idea of contrast, and, therefore, allows them to induce that despite the opponent's characteristics, andrea had something different that made her win.

gerund phrase: writing a short story.

noun use: subject.