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multiple select question select all that apply which of the following are supportable claims that could be used as concluding sentences for this passage? select all that apply. in 2010, there were an estimated 1.2 million americans living with the aids virus. but the united states represented only a tiny proportion of the worldwide total of people afflicted with hiv, an estimated 34 million people in 2010. over two - thirds of those cases were concentrated in africa. governments and private groups, in the meantime, began promoting aids awareness in increasingly visible and graphic ways—urging young people, in particular, to avoid “unsafe sex” through abstinence or the use of latex condoms. source: brinkley, alan. the unfinished nation: a concise history of the american people. new york: mcgraw - hill education, 2016, pp. 7, 551 - 552, 673, 718 - 719, 784, 791 - 792, & 807. copyright ©2016 mcgraw - hill education. all rights reserved. used with permission. to limit the prevalence of aids and other sexually transmitted diseases, american schools, families, and society should focus on promoting abstinence. to limit the prevalence of aids and other sexually transmitted diseases, high schools should promote safe - sex educational programs for students. as i am squeamish and sensitive, i do not spend any time thinking about diseases such as aids, cancer, and diabetes. to eradicate the scourge of aids, the united states should focus all of its medical research on finding a vaccine and a cure.

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# Brief Explanations: 1. The passage emphasizes AIDS - related issues and prevention methods. Promoting abstinence is in line with the theme of preventing sexually - transmitted diseases like AIDS, so the first option is supportable. 2. Promoting safe - sex educational programs in high schools also aligns with the focus on preventing sexually - transmitted diseases, so the second option is supportable. 3. The third option is a personal statement and not relevant to the passage's content on AIDS prevention, so it is not supportable. 4. Focusing medical research on finding a vaccine and a cure for AIDS is a relevant and supportable claim based on the passage's context of dealing with AIDS, so the fourth option is supportable. # Answer: - To limit the prevalence of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, American schools, families, and society should focus on promoting abstinence. - To limit the prevalence of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, high schools should promote safe - sex educational programs for students. - To eradicate the scourge of AIDS, the United States should focus all of its medical research on finding a vaccine and a cure.