A city keeps track of the number of new small businesses which open in any given year, as well as how many of those new businesses report profit in excess of their initial investment after one year’s time. An example of the data collected can be viewed in the table below. Year 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 New 781 699 626 730 762 Profitable 311 205 217 264 244 If 684 new small businesses opened in 2003, approximately how many of them could be expected to turn a profit in excess of their initial investment by 2004? a. 200 b. 236 c. 247 d. 272

the correct is answer is a 9-sided polygon!

-13

step-by-step explanation:

f(x)=2x-5 for f(-4)

f(-4)   means let x=-4

f(-4) = 2(-4) -5

f(-4) =-8-5

      = -13

the central idea is that:

individuals should refuse to cooperate with institutions they believe unjust.

thoreau felt  that governments were more often agents of corruption than justice, even democracies, and that just because the majority feels a certain way does not make it just or correct in absolute terms. he uses the fact that slavery exists in our democracy to support this idea.

he goes on to say that, as a result, people should live true to their own internal laws regarding right and wrong, as a product of reflection and a moral life, rather than following every law that society imposes. 

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