Read the passage below.
You will respond by writing an informational response paragraph.
You will find specific writing directions below the passage.


GOLD IN THE SKY
By Alan E. Nourse

Chapter 1. Trouble Times Two

The sun was glowing dull red as it slipped down behind the curving horizon of Mars, but Gregory Hunter was not able to see it.

There was no viewscreen in the ship's cabin; it was too tiny for that. Greg twisted around in the cockpit that had been built just big enough to hold him, and shifted his long legs against the brace-webbing, trying to get them comfortable.

He knew he was afraid ... but nobody else knew that, not even the captain waiting at the control board on the satellite, and in spite of the fear Greg Hunter would not have traded places at this moment with anyone else in the universe.

He had worked too hard and waited too long for this moment.

He heard the count-down monitor clicking in his ears, and his hands clenched into fists. How far from Mars would he be 10 minutes from now? He didn't know. Farther than any man had ever traveled before in the space of 10 minutes, he knew, and faster. How far and how fast would depend on him alone.

"All set, Greg?" It was the captain's voice in the earphones.

"All set, Captain."

"You understand the program?"

Greg nodded. "24 hours out, 24 hours back, 90 degrees to the ecliptic1, and all the acceleration2 I can stand both ways."

Greg grinned to himself. He thought of the months of conditioning he had gone through to prepare for this run ... the hours in the centrifuge to build up his tolerance to acceleration, the careful diet, the rigorous hours of physical conditioning. It was only one experiment, one tiny step in the work that could someday give men the stars, but to Gregory Hunter at this moment it was everything.

"Good luck, then." The captain cut off, and the blastoff buzzer sounded.

He was off. His heart hammered in his throat, and his eyes ached fiercely, but he paid no attention. His finger crept to the air-speed indicator, then to the cut-off switch. When the pressure became too great, when he began to black out, he would press it.

But not yet. It was speed they wanted; they had to know how much acceleration a man could take for how long and still survive, and now it was up to him to show them.

Fleetingly, he thought of Tom ... poor old stick-in-the-mud Tom, working away in his grubby little Mars-bound laboratory, watching bacteria grow. Tom could never have qualified for a job like this. Tom couldn't even go into free-fall for 10 minutes without getting sick all over the place. Greg felt a surge of pity for his brother, and then a twinge of malicious anticipation. Wait until Tom heard the reports on this run! It was all right to spend your time poking around with bottles and test tubes if you couldn't do anything else, but it took something special to pilot an XP ship for Project Star-Jump. And after this run was over, even Tom would have to admit it....

There was a lurch, and quite suddenly the enormous pressure was gone.

Something was wrong. He hadn't pushed the cut-off button, yet the ship's engines were suddenly silent. He jabbed at the power switch. Nothing happened. Then the side-jets sputted, and he was slammed sideways into the cot.

He snapped on the radio speaker. "Control ... can you hear me? Something's gone wrong out here...."

1The great circle that is the apparent path of the Sun.

2The process of moving faster or happening more quickly.

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Now that you have read the passage, you will write an informational response paragraph to answer the following question:

How does this story create a feeling of tension or conflict?

Read the directions carefully so you know what to include in your essay.

Begin your paragraph by rephrasing the question into a topic sentence. Be sure to include the title and the author.
Include 3 or more specific examples, details, or quotes from the passage to support your answers to the prompt.
End with a conclusion sentence to wrap up your ideas.
Proofread your work before submitting.
(100 points)

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Answer 1

Answer:

nobotty nows

Step-by-step explanation:


Related Questions

Use rigid motions to explain whether the triangles in the figure are congruent. Be sure to describe specific rigid motions in your explanation . ( Will Mark Brainliest if answered correctly).​

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Step-by-step explanation:

I don't really know what demonstrating with rigid motion means, never heard that before. But a method for demonstrating it could be drawing circumferences of radius:

1) R1 = d(O,S)

2) R2 = d(O,J)

3) R3 = d(O,M)

With O being the origin of the reference system.

*Note: d(A,B) means distance between point A and point B

After you've done that you can show that the points S and P are on the same circumference, J and W are on the same circumference (different from the one of S and P), M and D are on the same circumference.

After you've done that you calculate the angle between the points on the same circumference and demonstrating that they are all the same.

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Congruent

Shift right 1 unit and up 5 units

Rotate 90 degrees clockwise about (-1, 2)

Or

just rotate 90 degrees clockwise about (1, -1)

1) 0.52 + 1.6 + 8.26 =
2) 1.4 + 5.98 + 9 + 0.39 =
3) 4.45 + 7 + 0.049 =
4) 12.54 – 1. 054 =
5) 0. 685 – 0. 5903 =
6) (34. 89) (0.875) =
7) (840) (0.625) =
8) 28.5 ÷ 0.87 =
9) 104 ÷ 6.4 =

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Step-by-step explanation:

1 10.38

2 16.77

3 11.499

4 11.486

5 0.0947

6 30.52875

7 525

8 32.57862069

9 16.5625

Is y=x/10 represent proportional relationship

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Yes, because x turns to into 1/10.

5(x - 2) + x = 6(x -4)

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Answer:

No solution

Step-by-step explanation:

[tex]5(x - 2) + x = 6(x -4)[/tex]

[tex]6x-10=6x-24[/tex]

[tex]6x-10+10=6x-24+10[/tex]

[tex]6x=6x-14[/tex]

[tex]6x-6x=6x-14-6x[/tex]

[tex]0=-14[/tex]

can someone plzzz help me with this (multiple choice ) i have more if anyone is good at this

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A: Hope it helps Because…………………… I don’t really know I know it’s a I did this

Find the values of sin, cosine, and tangent, for

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A B=5
sin=3/5
cos=4/5
tan=3/4

[tex]sin = \frac{opposite}{hypotenuse} = \frac{3}{5} = 0.6\\\\cos = \frac{adjacent}{hypotenuse} = \frac{4}{5} = 0.66666666666666666666666666666667\\\\tan = \frac{opposite}{adjacent} = \frac{3}{4} = 0.75\\\\hypotenuse = 5[/tex]

HOPE THIS HELPS :)

I need help plz I've tried so many ways :(​

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Answer:

Below in bold.

Step-by-step explanation:

0.3. e^3x = 27

Taking logs of both sides:

ln (0.3. e^3x) = ln 27

ln (0.3) + ln e^3x = ln 27

ln e^3x = ln 27 - ln(0.3)

3x = ln 27 - ln 0.3

3x = ln(27/0.3) = ln 90

x = 1/3 ln 90

x = ln (90^1/3)

Approximate value of x:

= 1.499936557

= 1.500 to the nearest thousandth.

what is -5.3125 in The real Number System?

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Answer:

It'd be a rational number

Step-by-step explanation:

Real numbers are a set of numbers containing all of the rational numbers and all of the irrational numbers.

Types of numbers in the rational number "section" are decimals, whole, mixed, and fraction numbers whether they are negative or positive they are rational numbers.

Irrational numbers are numbers that cannot be expressed as the ratio of two integers. So they would be square root, pi and more.

An agent was able to sell a house and loth worth P2,300,000,00 if he was given a 5% commission.How much did he receive.
pls have solution :D​

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Answer:

I am not sure what the P is.

2,300,000,00. X 5% = $115,000,000. Commission

Step-by-step explanation:

Express the dollowing fraction in decimal form as a terminating decimal or as a infinite repeating decimal 3/16

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Answer:

3/16 as a decimal is equal to 0.1875.

Let's convert the given fraction to a decimal number.

Explanation:

To convert any fraction to decimal form, we just need to divide its numerator by denominator.

Here the fraction is 3/16 which means we need to perform 3 ÷ 16.

So, 3/16 is equal to 0.1875.

Hope that helps you in some way.

Find (fog)(x) and the domain

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Answer:

(fog)(x) = 2sqrt(x) + 3

Domain: {x | x ∈ R, x>=0}

Step-by-step explanation:

(fog)(x) = f(g(x))

let f(a) = f(g(x))

f(a) = 2a+3 = 2(g(x)) + 3 = 2sqrt(x) + 3

To find domain, pick most restricting domain of the functions that make up the compound function.

12a^2*b^4-36a^2*b+44abc

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Let's simplify step-by-step.

[tex]12a^2*b^4-36a^2*b+44abc=[/tex]

There are no like terms.

Answer:

[tex]12a^2*b^4-36a^2*b+44abc=[/tex]

Sami has a bag full of 4900 marbles of three different colors which include blue, green and black in the ratio 16:13:20. Find the number of each colored marbles in her bag.

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Answer:

See the calculation below

Step-by-step explanation:

[tex]16 + 13 + 20 = 49[/tex]

[tex]blue = \frac{16}{49} \times 4900 \\ = 1600[/tex]

[tex]green = \frac{13}{49} \times 4900 \\ = 1300[/tex]

[tex]black = \frac{20}{49} \times 4900 \\ = 2000[/tex]

A speed skater completes a 500-meter race in 40 seconds. A cheetah runs 260 meters in 10 seconds. How do their speeds compare?

Find the number of meters a speed skater and a cheetah travel in 1 second.

A speed skater travels (blank) meters per second.
A cheetah travels (blank) meters per second.

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skater 500 m / 40 sec= 12.5 m/ sec

Cheetah 260/10 = 26 m/ sec= The cheetah is more than twice as fast as the skater

So number 1 is 12.5

Number 2 is 26

What is the equation of the line that passes through the point (8,3) and has a slope of -1/2

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Answer:

y=-1/2x+7

Step-by-step explanation:

y-y1=m(x-x1)

y-3=-1/2(x-8)

y=-1/2x+8/2+3

y=-1/2x+4+3

y=-1/2x+7

X=[-1,+∞),Y=R,f(x)=y sao cho y^2-2y=x∀x∈X

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Answer:

30

Step-by-step explanation:

sh well cm to cm et FL to

4. The function y=-0.12x + 0.4 represents the percent y in decimal form of
battery power remaining x hours after turning on the laptop.

The slope is BLANK. This means the power is BLANK
by BLANK % per hour.

Please fill in blanks tysm

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Answer:

Slope=0.12   power is down by 28%

Step-by-step explanation:

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Which relationships have the same constant of proportionality between y and x as the following table?
y
4
32
7
56
8 64
Choose 3 answers:

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Answer:

A,C and D are the answers.

Step-by-step explanation:

I did it on Khan Academy and got it right.

Joyce drives from Louisville to St. Louis which is 260 miles in 4 hours. How many miles can she drive in 10 hours

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650 miles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer:

260 miles in 4 hours equals (260 / 4) = 65 miles per hour

In 10 hours she can drive 650 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

Loto begins at his back door and walk 8 yards east, 6 yards north, 12 yards east, and 5 yards north to the barn door. About how many yards less would he walk if he could walk directly from the back door to the barn door?

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If he could walk directly from the back door to the barn door, he would walk 10.2 yards less.

First, let's define our coordinate axis, I will use north as the y-axis and east as the x-axis.

So let's assume that Loto begins at the point (0, 0).

Then:

He moves 8 yards east, to: (8yd, 0)He moves 6 yards north, to: (8yd, 6yd)He moves 12 yards east, to: (20yd, 6yd)He moves 5 yards north, to: (20yd, 11yd)

So he walked a total of 8yd + 6yd + 12yd + 5yd = 33yd

So he just moves from (0, 0) to (20yd, 11yd), thus the displacement is:

[tex]D =\sqrt{(20yd - 0yd)^2 + (11yd - 0yd)^2} = 22.8ft[/tex]

So, if he could walk directly he would only walk 22.8 ft

The difference is:

33yd - 22.8yd = 10.2 yd.

He would walk 10.2 yards less if he could walk directly from the back door to the barn door.

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12 POINT HURRY PLEASE

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Answer:

• As x approaches -∞, g(x) approaches -∞; and as x approaches ∞, g(x) approaches ∞.

Step-by-step explanation:

[tex]{ \tt{g(x) = \frac{ {x}^{2} + 5x}{3x} }} \\ [/tex]

If x approaches -∞;

[tex]{ \tt{g( {}^{ - } \infin}) = \frac{ {( {}^{ - } \infin)}^{2} + {}^{ - } \infin}{ {}^{ - } \infin} } \\ \\ { \boxed{ \tt{g( {}^{ - } \infin) = {}^{ - } \infin }}}[/tex]

If x approaches +∞;

[tex]{ \tt{g( {}^{ + } \infin) = \frac{ {( \infin)}^{2} + \infin}{ \infin} }} \\ \\ { \boxed{ \tt{ g( {}^{ + } \infin) = {}^{ + } \infin }}}[/tex]

Note: I'm taking my infinite value to be 1,000

The amount of money in a savings account is an example of which of the following?
a. investment asset
b. liquid asset
C. long term asset
d. use asset

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Answer: b. liquid asset.

The money in your checking account, savings account, or money market account is considered liquid because it can be withdrawn easily to settle liabilities.

A savings account is a liquid asset that can be easily converted into cash. Hence, option b  is correct.

A savings account is considered a liquid asset because it can be easily converted into cash without any significant loss in value.

Unlike long-term assets that may require a lengthy process to convert into cash, such as real estate or investments, savings accounts offer quick access to funds.

This makes them highly liquid and suitable for short-term financial needs. Liquid assets provide individuals with a sense of financial security and flexibility, as they can be readily used to cover emergencies, expenses, or investments.

Overall, a savings account serves as a convenient and safe option for individuals to save and access their money when needed.

Hence, It is an example of a liquid asset which is option b.

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6x+3y=13 find the value

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6x+3y=13

6x+3y-13=13--13

6x+3y-13=0

Given ALMN * AQRS, MZM = 26°, and m2Q = 58°, what is the measure of 2S?
96°
26°
58°

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Answer:

  96°

Step-by-step explanation:

We assume you intend ...

  ΔLMN ~ ΔQRS

Then corresponding angles have the same measure:

  ∠M = ∠R = 26°

  ∠L = ∠Q = 58°

  ∠N = ∠S = 180° -26° -58° = 96° . . . . sum of a triangle's angles is 180°

The measure of angle S is 96°.

What is needed to get accurate measurement of distance/length? Explain

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Answer: A measuring tape.

Explanation: It is more accurate than a ruler when it comes to measuring long distances.

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Mr. Jay sells a box of 15 seedlings for new trees for $12.84. Mr. Tony sells a box of 18 seedlings for $14.95. What is the cost per seedling for each person? Round your answer to the nearest cent (hundredth). Which is the better buy?

Mr. Jay’s cost $____________ per seed. Mr. Tony’s cost $____________ per seed.

Buying a box of seedlings from _____________________ is the batter buy.

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Answer: Mr. Jay’s cost 85 cents and Mr. Tony’s costs 83 cents.

Step-by-step explanation:

you divide the price by how many seeds they sold.

What is the missing number in the table

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16
Because the pattern is *4
So 4*4 =16

Divide 5.6 by 0.7 the quotient is what ?

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The answer for this is 8.
The answer is 8 if you need anything else tell me.


6. Jan went to the mall with $20. She spent $5 at the mall. What decimal represents how much of her $20 she spent at the mall?

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Answer:

0..........5

Step-by-step explanation:

i need some help, please

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Answer:

i think probably x = 10

Step-by-step explanation:

sin(60°) = 5√3/x

√3/2 = 5 √3/x

√3 x = 10√3

x = 10

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