Education is one of the leading ways people from a family that is in a lower social class can move into a higher social class. consider these statistics: • 8.6 percent of students from the lowest-income quarter of the population earn a college degree. • 74.9 percent of students from the highest-income quarter of the population earn a college degree. • among students who do extremely well in high school, those from lower-income families are much less likely to complete a college degree than those from higher-income families. • among high-achieving students with a college degree, additional studies lead to a graduate degree for 47 percent of those whose families are in the upper half by income and 29 percent of those whose families are in the lower half by income. write an editorial about meritocracy and the american dream, drawing on some of these statistics. your editorial should include: o an explanation of meritocracy and its relation to

The following table lists the birth rate, death rate, and net migration rate for egypt over the past 20 years. on a coordinate plane, plot the birth rate data and death rate data for egypt. clearly, show each data point and label each curve. be sure to label the graph and axes. save a copy of your graph. then answer the following questions: (14 points) a. what was the annual growth rate for egypt in 1990? what is the estimated annual growth rate in 2010? be sure to show your work for each answer. b. where does egypt most likely fall on the demographic transition model? explain your answer using data from the table. describe two changes within egyptian society that would likely be necessary for egypt to transition to the next stage in the model. c. assuming egypt’s current birth rate, death rate, and net migration rate trends continue, what will the country’s annual growth rate likely be in 2030? if this growth rate is accurate, what would its doubling time be in 2030?