As punishment for bad behavior during recess, Mrs. Busywork asked her class to multiply 10 by 1/3 five times. John, however, notices that it is possible to multiply 10 by a single fraction and still get the same answer as the other students. What is this single fraction?

you forgot the options, but i found them anyways, the correct answer is "john wilson believes that words and actions based on the intellect are superior to those based on emotions".

john wilson is depicted as an extremely intelligent man. the point of the excerpt is to make a sort of distinction between emotional and rational intelligence. he happens to have both attributes, but he clearly favors his intellectual gifts. at the same time, because of his religious background, he's a little bit conflicted with this and it makes him ashamed.

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