Question

the following passage describes the bathing habits of people in 19th-century england. select the best evidence to support the statement bathwater was a shared resource in 19th-century homes. there may be more than one correct choice.

in the early part of the nineteenth century, you would have been well advised to stand upwind of anyone with whom you were having a conversation.

only the hands, neck and arms were frequently washed...the poor must have bathed infrequently at best. the middle class, although they apparently washed their hands and feet daily, usually made do in the 1860s with one big bath on sunday night, in which the whole household took part, perhaps because it was such a nuisance to boil all that water. and at mrs. brownings academy in blackheath for young ladies a weekly bath was charged as an extra.

partly this was due to a lack of readily available water. in the countryside, water came from streams, rivers, wells, or... pumps.

from daniel pool, what jane austen ate and charles dickens knew: from fox hunting to whist--the facts of daily life in 19th-century england. copyright 1993 by daniel pool

Explanation:

To support the statement that bathwater was a shared resource, we look for evidence showing multiple people using the same bathwater. The relevant sentence is "The middle class, although they apparently washed their hands and feet daily, usually made do in the 1860s with one big bath on Sunday night, in which the whole household took part, perhaps because it was such a nuisance to boil all that water." This shows the whole household using the same bath, indicating shared bathwater.

Answer:

The best evidence is: "The middle class, although they apparently washed their hands and feet daily, usually made do in the 1860s with one big bath on Sunday night, in which the whole household took part, perhaps because it was such a nuisance to boil all that water."