Based on the information presented in the essay, what is one message the reader can infer? Answer A Avoiding competition is better than participating when failure is certain. B Being rewarded simply for participating belittles the efforts of the winners. C Persistence ensures that a loser will eventually become a winner. D Satisfaction comes from being dedicated and doing your best.

45%

Explanation:

18*100=1800

1800/40=45

45%

I would say D

Explanation:

Could you provide the essay?

d.) then bernice winced as marjorie tossed her own hair over her shoulders and began to twist it slowly into two long blond braids until in her cream-colored negligée she looked like a delicate painting of some saxon princess. fascinated, bernice watched the braids grow. heavy and luxurious they were, moving under the supple fingers like restive snakes—and to bernice remained this relic and the curling iron and a to-morrow full of eyes.

the answer should be a)directions.