What is said in paragraph 4 ? 4. adults are now in charge of the younger generation's games, and we won't return to those nostalgic days of yesteryear. therefore, we elders have a serious responsibility to the younger generation: the responsibility to preserve the best of the past while contributing to the healthy socialization of youth. this means making sports fun, exciting, and competitive for kids while allowing opportunities for kids to cooperate, achieve, make decisions, handle success, handle failure and deal with stress.
a.
presents an opinion unrelated to the previous paragraphs.

b.
states opinions that provide a conclusion to the passage.

c.
repeats significant facts from previous paragraphs.

d.
lists several new facts.

the tone of the passage is sympathetic to the forbidden love of romeo and juliet. the nurse plays a significant role in the play. she is responsible for making their meeting again possible. additionally, there is a sense of warning in the choice of words of the nurse. she seems to be authoritative when she calls romeo "scurvy knave", and at the same time the fact that she addresses to him as "sir" reflects respect. the nurse is "vexed", this word describes her confused state of mind. on the one hand, she finds romeo a fine and eloquent man, but on the other, it is thought that man's nature forces men to try to trick women.  

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