What is one aspect of a country that may be more important to its world standing than its size? a) its location b) its government c)its leader d)its natural resources

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Afootpath is to be constructed in a park in the shape of a parallelogram. when a coordinate plane is laid over a map of the park, the vertices of the footpath are (-4,2) (8,2) (11,7) and (-1,7). what is the perimeter of this path

What term describes the government positions that officials who passed the civil service exam became a part of?