The author's purpose is a. to amuse. b. to entertain. c. to ...

[biggirl4568]

The author's purpose is
 
  a. to amuse.
  b. to entertain.
  c. to inform.
  d. to persuade.

Question 2

By contrast, Gates said, when public institutions lose state funding, they do whatever they can to protect the
  academic core' but often don't count services that support students outside the classroom in that core, so those
  services end up being cut. Can they explain why? He singled out a few nonprofit institutions for praise, including
  Arizona State University. It can be inferred from the above passage that
 
  a. Arizona State University recently phased out their student support services because of limited funding.
  b. despite losing state funding, most nonprofit institutions provide excellent student support services.
  c. nonprofit institutions are doing their best to support at-risk students by offering them extra tutoring.
  d. unlike other nonprofit institutions, Arizona State University provides good student support services.

[pikon]

Answer to Question 1

c. to inform.

Answer to Question 2

d. unlike other nonprofit institutions, Arizona State University provides good student support services.

[biggirl4568]

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[softEldritch]

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