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• read the excerpt from ""the most dangerous game."" bleak darkness was blacking out the sea and jungle when rainsford sighted the lights. he came upon them as he turned a crook in the coast line, and his first thought was that he had come upon a village, for there were many lights. but as he forged along he saw to his great astonishment that all the lights were in one enormous building—a lofty structure with pointed towers plunging upward into the gloom. his eyes made out the shadowy outlines of a palatial chateau; it was set on a high bluff, and on three sides of it cliffs dived down to where the sea licked greedy lips in the shadows. in the writing of this excerpt, the writer employed
  
• mrs. anderton is giving a test in her third-period class. she has decided to record the amount of time that each student takes to finish the test (in minutes) and compare that to the grade each student receives on the test (out of 100). a plot of her results is below. a graph depicts third-period math and plots the number of minutes versus grade. the data points plotted are as follows: (10, 87 point 5), (15, 89), (17 point 5, 99), (25, 94), (40, 59), (45, 97) and (50, 97). which of the following does this situation represent? a. both a relation and a function b. a function only c. neither a relation nor a function d. a relation only
  
• what “eagle” do you think twain is referring to? what is twain opposed to the eagle doing?
  
• what is the best type of organization for describing how your bedroom looks to a stranger? a. topical b. spatial c. chronological d. problem-solution
  
• which particles that make up an atom are involved in nuclear reactions? protons only protons and neutrons electrons only electrons and neutrons
  
• under our constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. what is one power of the federal government?
  
• not all scientists agree with commonly held views on global warming. describe at least three issues on which there is some disagreement.
  
• jill uses a magnet to pick up a nail. then, she touches the nail to a paper clip and picks up the paper clip. what will most likely happen when she pulls the magnet away from the nail? the paper clip will stay attached to the nail because the nail is now a permanent magnet. the paper clip will stay attached to the nail because the paper clip is now a permanent magnet. the paper clip will fall off of the nail because the nail was only a temporary magnet. the paper clip will fall off of the nail because the nail is now magnetized in the opposite direction.
  
• on a coordinate plane, rectangles a b c d and e f g h are shown. the length of side a b is 6 units and the length of side b c is 3 units. the length of side e f is 8 units and the length of side f g is 4 units. is rectangle efgh the result of a dilation of rectangle abcd with a center of dilation at the origin? why or why not? yes, because corresponding sides are parallel and have lengths in the ratio four-thirds yes, because both figures are rectangles and all rectangles are similar. no, because the center of dilation is not at (0, 0). no, because corresponding sides have different slopes.
  
• this tortoise is eating cactus on a sunny day. is carbon moving into the air, moving out of the air, or both?