Identify a situation from your job or daily life that could be described by a linear model. Why is it linear?
Select variables and write your model in slope-intercept as well
as point-slope forms. What do your variables represent? What
are the x and y intercepts and what do they represent? What is
the rate of change and its units? What is the domain and
range of your model?

you forgot the options, but i found them anyways, the correct answer is "john wilson believes that words and actions based on the intellect are superior to those based on emotions".

john wilson is depicted as an extremely intelligent man. the point of the excerpt is to make a sort of distinction between emotional and rational intelligence. he happens to have both attributes, but he clearly favors his intellectual gifts. at the same time, because of his religious background, he's a little bit conflicted with this and it makes him ashamed.

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i believe the answer is c.