(1) equal funding should be provided for girls’ and boys’ sports. (2) many girls participate in sports. (3) individual sports have more long-term benefits than team sports. (4) participation in sports benefits girls as well as boys. (5) federal law prohibits gender discrimination in educational programs, including athletics. how would eliminating sentence 3 improve the paragraph?

Which is the most effective paraphrase of the passage "six benches were left empty in every ship that evening when we pulled away from death. and this new grief we bore with us to sea: our precious lives we had, but not our friends" - the odyssey

Which statement best evaluates the author's use of pacing in the passage? a. the author's use of pacing is not effective, because the imagery and figurative language don't adequately describe either the cheetah or the gazelle. b. the author's use of pacing is effective, because the imagery and figurative language speed up the action, making the scene come alive for the reader. c. the author's use of pacing is effective, because the long, complex sentences the reader fully understand the power and beauty of nature. d. the author's use of pacing is not effective, because the long, complex sentences distract from the sense of stress and anxiety the passage should convey.

In researching his history report about the civil war, why is ariq most likely to use secondary data than primary data?