Help!! Which evidence from the text supports the idea that the ERA came very close to ratification?

In 1983, fifty-six cosponsors in the Senate reintroduced it.
Thirty-five states approved it before the 1979 deadline.
A seven-year time limit had to be paced on the bill's ratification.
The amendment was reintroduced in Congress on July 14, 1982.

Thirty-five states approved it before the 1979 deadline.

Explanation:

The evidence from the text supports the idea that the ERA came very close to ratification is that thirty-five states approved it before the 1979 deadline.

This is because, according to the excerpt, the ERA( Equal Rights Amendment) was ratified by thirty-five states in the next ten years which was just three more states short of making it valid and for it to become a law.

answer: the first one

explanation:

explicitly is defined as “in a clear and detailed manner, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.” the rest are interpretive and not clearly proven leaving in fact possible “confusion or doubt” which explicitly, by definition cannot have.