Which of the following questions CANNOT be answered based on the information in the
passage?
A) Which branch of government approves
federal budgets?
B) Did the federal government run deficits
during the presidency of George H. W.
Bush, 1989-1993?
C) From whom or what does the United States
government borrow money?
D) What market crashed in 2008 right before
President Obama took office?

Plz asap read this sentence from paragraph 3 of the article. the boys and girls are merely asked to obtain the signatures of ten friends or relatives. how does the word "merely" affect the meaning of the sentence? a- it suggests that asking people to subscribe to the washington times is something negative. b- it implies that obtaining ten signatures is not a requirement for receiving a prize. c- it downplays the fact that to win the prize, children must ask people to subscribe to the washington times. d- it emphasizes that children receive the prize only if they obtain ten signatures.