Vocabulary: Analyze Word Choices “It is harder for a poor man to enter the United States Senate than for a rich man to enter Heaven.” In what way
does this aphorism from the late nineteenth century express the popular
movement that resulted in ratification of the 17th Amendment?

It reflects the ideas of the Progressive movement, which denounced the corruption in the Senate and demanded a direct election process to allow those without economic power to have access as well as the wealthy.

Explanation:

The aphorism provided ironizes about the impossibility of a poor person becoming a Senator. The comparison with a rich person making it to Heaven makes it clear that the premise is that there´s no way someone can become rich without sinning.

its many islands, high mountains, and remote peninsulas isolated population centers.

8 - (2a + 7) = a + 40     distribute/multiply - into (2a + 7)

8 - 2a - 7 = a + 40

1 - 2a = a + 40       add 2a on both sides

1 = 3a + 40         subtract 40 on both sides

-39 = 3a       divide 3 on both sides

-13 = a

[proof]

8 - (2a + 7) = a + 40

8 - (2(-13) + 7) = -13 + 40

8 - (-26 + 7) = 27

8 - (-19) = 27

8 + 19 = 27

27 = 27