Which are examples of puns? check all that apply.

1it’s pointless to write with a broken pencil.
2early to bed means early to rise.
3the poor, old cow was udderly exhausted.
4a penny saved is a penny earned.
5that lightning storm was just shocking.

Sentences 3 and 5 are puns due to the words "udderly" and "shocking".

Explanation:

A pun is a word play or joke that exploits words that have multiple meanings or words that sound alike but present different meanings. We have both examples in this question, since sentence 3 presents a word that sounds like a different one, and sentence 5 presents a word that has more than just one meaning.

Sentence 3 uses the adverb "udderly" instead of the correct one "utterly". Since the two words would sound exactly the same - at least if pronounced with an American accent -, this pun only works when read out of somewhere. The word "udderly" is making a reference to a cow's udders, which are their mamary glands. It's substituting "utterly", which is a synonym for "completely".

Sentence 5 uses the word shocking in a fun way due to its different meanings. Shocking may be used to refer to a lightning storm because it means:

- something surprising;

- the action of giving/receiving an electrical discharge.

Lightnings are nothing but electrostatic discharges and can, thus, shock people; also, if a storm is surprising for some reason, it can also shock people.

x=4, y=4

step-by-step explanation:

y=2x-4;

x+2y=12

we can use substitution since the first equation is solved for y

where ever you see y in the second equation, replace it with 2x-4

x + 2(2x-4) = 12

distribute the 2

x+4x-8 = 12

combine like terms

5x-8=12

add 8 to each side

5x-8+8=12+8

5x=20

divide by 5

5x/5 = 20/5

x =4

we still need to solve for y

y = 2x-4

we know x =4

y = 2(4) -4

y = 8-4

y=4

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