1. How does comparing and contrasting two different authors' perspectives help you make an informed decision on an issue?

It reinforces what you already know about the issue.

It makes you less likely to trust your own experiences.

It forces you to reconsider what you believe about the issue

It helps you consider other ways of thinking about the issue.

 It helps you consider other ways of thinking about the issue.

Explanation:it told me the answer and it was right

the answer should be b.

explanation:

it should be b because she researched before writing so it would be in past tense. "the author researches her subject before she had written the first draft.

the answer is a)   a sentence of death costs the state "almost three times as much as a sentence of life in prison" (delon 147)