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• when it is 4:00 a.m. in honolulu, it is 2:00 p.m. in london. just before paul’s flight from honolulu to london, he called his friend nigel, who lives in london, asking what kind of clothing to bring. nigel explained that london was in the middle of some truly peculiar weather. the temperature was currently 30°c, and was dropping steadily at a rate of 1°c per hour. paul’s flight left honolulu at 12:00 p.m. thursday, honolulu time, and got into london at 1:00 p.m. friday, london time. what kind of clothing would have been appropriate for paul to be wearing when he got off the plane? a. shorts and sandals, appropriate for around 90-105°f b. winter wear, appropriate for around 20-45°f c. street clothes, appropriate for around 70-85°f d. a light jacket, appropriate for around 50-65°f
  
• read the passage. (1) universal health care should be adopted by every country around the world. (2) over 100 million people become poor every year because of healthcare bills. (3) imagine how it feels to be afraid to go to the doctor for fear of plunging into debt. (4) that is a really terrible thing, and governments need to act. (5) the world health organization (who) says that universal health care is achievable, even in poor countries. (6) the who recommends spreading the costs of health care across the population, so no one is overly burdened. (7) if a responsible organization like the who says it is possible, then worldwide governments should implement universal healthcare immediately. is sentence 6 effective in developing the claim? no, it presents the rebuttal. no, it contributes an anecdote. yes, it uses supporting evidence. yes, it provides the counterclaim.
  
• one reason male peacocks spread their tail feathers is to attract a mate. how does choosing a male with a bright, full tail increase a peahen’s chance of producing healthy peachicks?
  
• for a piece of legislation to proceed to the senate it needs a certain number of votes
  
• a vegetable farmer wishes to switch to a combination of trees and vegetables (agroforestry) on several hectares of her land to reduce erosion and to diversify what she grows. she needs to assess whether her land can produce as much income by growing two crops instead of one. the farmer estimates that the new tree crop would cover 40 percent of her fields, with the vegetable crop covering the other 60 percent. which equation should she use to calculate how much total income she would get from using the new two-crop plan?
  
• which phrase describes runoff? underground water that flows into lakes river water that empties into an ocean water from streams that flows into larger rivers water from rain and snow that travels to streams
  
• which of the following contributed to president truman’s decision to issue this order? a lack of funding for veteran pensions declining enlistment rates during peacetime discrimination against minority service members a desire to repeal the draft
  
• in economics, if a good is inelastic,consumers have lost an interest in purchasing it.producers have lost an interest in manufacturing it.its supply or demand is too sensitive to price changes.its supply or demand is not sensitive to price changes.
  
• read the sentence and choose the option with the correct verb in the future tense. pronto, los toros ________ en la llanura. verán veremos vivirán viviremos
  
• the us responded to japan’s expansion into china and french indochina in the late 1930s by