How did the cotton gin affect slavery in the United States in the late 1700s and early 1800s? A. It made new states wanting to join the Union to enter as slave states versus free states.
B. It supported the idea that the movement to the far west was about the spread of slavery.
C. It increased cotton production and cotton sales, which caused the need for more enslaved Africans in the South.
D. It led to the increase of the abolitionist movement throughout the South.

Consider the line y = -3/-2 x +6. find the equation of the line that is perpendicular to this line and passes through the point (-9,-3). find the equation of the line that is parallel to this line and passes through the point (-9,-3).

Beatrice decides she wants to babysit a few children at the same time to earn the money faster. she tells parents that if they allow her to babysit their children at her house, she will eliminate her automatic $5 tip and will give them an additional $5 discount. (a) write an equation showing the total cost for each client. identify all variables. (b) four parents bring their children to beatrice’s house at the same time for babysitting. beatrice wants to find out how many hours she must babysit the 4 children to earn exactly the $100 she needs in order to buy the present for her mother. write and solve an equation to find the number of hours. justify each step in the solution. (c) one parent decides not to drop off her child. the remaining 3 parents drop their children off at 9 a.m. two of the parents say they will be back at 1 p.m. the third parent says she will pick up her child at 2 p.m. at noon, beatrice realizes she needs feeding the 3 ch

Give the functions f(x) = |x + 2| - 3, what is the domain? a,b,c, or d all real numbers x > 2 x < -2 all real numbers and x cannot equal to 2