A rectangle has a height of 10 and length of 8. The unshaded regions inside the rectangle include a rectangle with length of 5 and height 2, a triangle with base of 4 and height of 8, and a square with side lengths of 4. All other regions are shaded. Tara is playing a party game in which a tiny ball is dropped into a rectangular box. To win the game, she must guess where the ball will stop. What should she guess to maximize her chances of winning? Which word describes the likelihood of the ball stopping in a square or rectangular shaped area?

In hard times by charles dickens, mr. gradgrind is depicted as protective and respectful rigid and narrow-minded innovative and ambitious worldly and clever

Elist of items that aditi is planning to include in her narrative essay. 1. i stayed after school once to work on a monologue with a teacher. 2. i learned about the audition for the spring musical at my school. 3. i realized that i need to practice more if i really want a role. 4. i went to the audition and barely remembered all my lines. what is the best order for these items? 1, 3, 2, 4 1, 2, 4, 3 2, 4, 3, 1 2, 1, 4, 3

The major was a little man with upturned mustaches. he had been in the war in libya and wore two wound-stripes. he said that if the thing went well he would see that i was decorated. i said i hoped it would go well but that he was too kind. i asked him if there was a big dugout where the drivers could stay and he sent a soldier to show me. i went with him and found the dugout, which was very good. the drivers were with it and i left them there. what effect does hemingway’s limited use of adjectives have? it slows down the narration by interrupting the action. it makes the few descriptive words he does use more vivid and forceful. it makes the narrator seem powerless and insincere. it prevents the readers from filling in the details with their own experiences.