If you try to persuade your parents to pay for you to take a two-week tour of Europe next summer, you would MOST likely be successful if you first
a. ask for an all-expenses-paid six-week tour.
b. ask for an all-expenses-paid one-week tour.
c. explain that the trip will be beneficial to you as a European history major.
d. promise to work "extra hard" in your courses next semester.
A
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