Why did the author write this narrative? select each correct answer. to honor the grandfather's impact on his community to show admiration for veterans of world war ii to explain that one person can affect many lives to entertain readers with humor about residents of a small town to persuade readers to appreciate businesses

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onto a large boat, and mark the water level that the boat sinks to. then, take the elephant out and put a bunch of marked weights onto the boat until it reaches the same water level. add up the masses of the weights to get the weight of the elephant.