Read the passages from the article "Kids Save the Day-Heroes' Deemed by Coast Guard!" Then answer the question about implicit and explicit ideas.
"Wow. What is that?" Simon Brimm remembers calling out to his long-time
friend, Hillary Green. He and Hillary had been friends since preschool, but they
lived in different parts of the state now. They hadn't seen each other all summer.
Simon, Hillary, and their families were taking a vacation together before middle
school started next week. Zavier Gonzales and his cousins were also vacationing
at the seaside that weekend. The wind had picked up and the seas were quite
rough as swimmers, water boarders and surfers struggled to stay afloat.
Separated from his family, and adrift on a small raft, it was Xavier that Simon
saw bobbing along on the horizon.

What implicit detail can be inferred from the sentence below?

Simon Hillary, and their families were taking a vacation together before middle school started next week. (27 points)

The familles were vacationing together.

The families were still close and enjoyed spending time together.

School was starting soon.

Many families took a vacation at the end of summer.

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next