A customer who came one day to his little bookstore in Philadelphia, not being satisfied with the price demanded by the clerk for the book he wished to purchase, asked for the owner. "Mr. Franklin is very busy just now in the press room," replied the clerk. The man, however, who had already spent an hour aimlessly turning over books, insisted on seeing him. In answer to the clerk's summons, Mr. Franklin hurried out from the newspaper establishment at the back of the store. What is the lowest price vou can take for this book sir asked the leisurely customer. What is a central idea of the selection?

A. Books take time to select.

B. Time is extremely valuable.

C. Clerks are not always right.

D. Everything costs too much money.

b

Explanation:

it could've been a, but for what it is mostly about b makes more sense cause it mentioned things the man did with his time such as when it talks about him spending an hour turning over books

it doesn't seem like a cause books in general isn't that special because you can't rush everything. it cant be c cause the person wanting to buy the book didn't want to pay the price that was asked, the clerk wasn't wrong, also it never said the specific price or what kind of book the man wanted to buy so d wouldn't be right and it said everything when the man just wanted a book

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