Why do you think merchants did not want to appear richer than the king?

Likely, they would become a much bigger target for the likes of thieves and others that are looking for some sort of personal gain. They would also like to apease the king, staying on his good side in order to secure a better life for themselves and or their buisness

Explanation:

I don't know if this was a MC question, but this is one of the only logical answers I could come up with.

•an essay

•a mock-heroic epic  

•deals with cannibalism  

•introduces “sylphs” as guardian spirits  

•not a satire  

•written by daniel defoe

•written by alexander pope

•written by jonathan swift  

•criticizes the exploration of ireland  

•criticizes impulsive nature  

•criticizes the english upper class  

•playful tone  

•remorseful tone

•matter-of-fact tone  

“the rap of the lock”   written by alexander pope.

“a modest proposal”

d

step-by-step explanation:

an inequality is an expression which means more than one number is a solution. we graph the solutions on a number line to show all possible values. we graph using circles and arrows.

this is a filled in circle on -2 so this is . this means only answers c and d are options.

answer d points to the right.