1. scooby and shaggy want to open a dog-friendly bakery. they have created a new scooby snack
that they think will reduce the production of body gas associated with eating generic scooby
snacks from the bakery down the street. they recruit 100 dogstomers (dog customers) with a
history of gas problems. they have 50 of them (group a) eat scooby snacks with the new recipe.
the other 50 (group b) eat scooby snacks with the recipe that looks just like new formula but is
really just mixture of mayonnaise and food coloring. both groups were told that they were
getting the recipe that would reduce gas production. two hours after eating the scooby snacks
30 dogstomers in group a reported having fewer gas problems and 8 customers in group b
reported having fewer gas problems.
a. which is the control group?
b. what is the independent variable?

What argument does thomas jefferson make in this excerpt from the declaration of independence? we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.-that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, -that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. a. b. c. the american colonists desire a more peaceful alliance with great britain but their british counterparts do not. the american colonists have a right to seek freedom from great britain due to the continued oppression of their basic rights. the american colonies could form a better government than the one established by great britain to govern them. the king of britain and the members of british parliament have little interest in the welfare of the colonies. od. e. the american colonies should have sufficient representation in british parliament if america and great britain are to coexist peacefully.

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.

Based on this excerpt, the reader is able to conclude that turner feels about his friendship with lizzie.