Which of the following provides the best illustration of literature being influenced by the culture in which it is written?
 a. the entire story takes place in a wayside tavern.
 b. chaucer uses dialogue in the style of plays of that time.
 c. the prologue is thus named because it is only an introduction.
 d. chaucer depicts the pilgrims of the day as always traveling in groups.

D. Chaucer depicts the pilgrims of the day as always traveling in groups.

Explanation:

As the author is influenced by what he sees around him and the culture that´s around him, the better example of this happening is the fact that one of the characters describe the pilgrims of the day as always traveling in groups which was a common thing at the time in which was written.

substitute y = 2x - 4 to x + 2y = 12:

x + 2(2x - 4) = 12     use distributive property

x + (2)(2x) + () = 12

x + 4x - 8 = 12     add 8 to both sides

5x = 20     divide both sides by 5

x = 4

put the value of x to the first equation:

y = 2(4) - 4

y = 8 - 4

y = 4

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