Question

from vandal to artist
its very hard to report them when there is little evidence to use against them. usually the people who have had their businesses and homes tagged are stuck paying the whole bill.
one day, a woman caught him tagging the wall of her art gallery. \ilene told me i should be doing my stuff on canvas and framing it. she said i was an excellent artist and should be selling my work in her gallery,\ jeff says. \she dragged me inside and gave me old canvases and supplies to use. i was never good at studying, but i liked painting. i discovered there were other guys around who liked doing what i did. just like that, i wasnt a vandal who destroyed peoples property anymore. i had a different identity. i was an artist, spending time with other artists who had a mutual understanding and respect for one anothers work.\
many people regarded jeffs previous art as destructive. however, his new peers gave him the support he wanted to turn his need for creativity into something positive. before this opportunity, his art
9a: what are \taggers\?
a people who leave their mark on surfaces
b people who break into homes and businesses
c people who hang out with artists
d people who change
9b: now, click on a sentence in the text that supports your answer in part a.

Explanation:

The text mentions "people who have had their businesses and homes tagged", which implies that "taggers" are those who leave their'mark' (the tag) on surfaces. The sentence "One day, a woman caught him tagging the wall of her art gallery" also supports this as tagging is an action of leaving a mark on a surface (the wall here).

Answer:

A. people who leave their'mark' on surfaces
The supporting sentence is: "One day, a woman caught him tagging the wall of her art gallery."