What is the most effective paraphrase of this excerpt?

citizens are given 25 years of life to prove their worth to society; if they fail to do great things

c is a symbol. when bernice gets her hair cut, it is the authors way of showing the affects and demands of pier pressure and the over-all attitudes of people at the time.

(3x2 + 8) (x – 5)

step-by-step explanation:

verify this answer by multiplying out the parens:

which is the same as the original form of the polynomial

i think the answer is b