Which observation could lead to the conclusion that an object is non-living? a) it is composed of a cell, but does not have tissues
b it carries out synthesis of proteins
c it cannot perform metabolic processes
d it passes on hereditary information only through asexual reproduction

20 sharpened pencils are placed in a box containing an unknown number of unsharpened pencils suppose 15 pencils are removed at random and five of the remove pencils are sharpened based on this is it reasonable to assume that the number of unsharpened pencil is 40 explain your reasoning