Read the passage and answer the questions that follows. (12) When it comes to applying for admission to a prestigious university, the stakes are high and the competition is fierce. (13) Good grades are a must. (14) Additional credits earned in advanced classes are a significant bonus and usually are expected. (15) Often, however, this is not enough. (16) Students who excel in a sport, who demonstrate artistic abilities, or who actively involve themselves in community activities have an added and distinct advantage over others. (17) To ensure success, the ideal college applicant will meet many requirements: good grades, advanced-placement credits, and an enviable record of extracurricular achievements. (18) Not surprisingly, many students go to bed at night haunted by the following question: "Have I done enough?"
(19) Increasingly, parents are saying that: "Enough is enough!" (20) Many believe that the time has come to put a stop to the ever-escalating demands placed on students today. (21) A variety of solutions has been suggested. (22) They address various aspects of the problem. (23) School officials recommend closer monitoring of classrooms. (24) They suggest tighter controls on Internet use and the installation of security cameras in teachers' offices. (25) These measures might help reduce cheating.
Which sentence uses a colon correctly to introduce examples that support a statement?

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Which of the following is a complex sentence? a. after henry submitted his essay, he realized that he hadn't proofread the last page. b. identity theft is a growing problem, especially among seniors. c. we didn't have enough potatoes for dinner, so we served rice instead. d. jim tried to watch a video on a device connected to a crowded wireless network; as a result, the video stuttered and froze.

Select the contred text in the passage which sentence in this excerpt from john galsworthy's narrative essay "gone" reflects his view that there is no afterlife? an old woman and mrs. herd's sister were in the sitting-room, they showed us to the crazy, narrow stairway. though we lived distant but four hundred yards of a crows flight, we had never seen mrs. herd before, for that is the way of things in this land of minding one's own business a slight dark girlish-looking woman, almost quite refined away, and with those eyes of the dying, where the spirit is coming through, as it only does when it knows that al is over except just the passing. she lay in a double bed with clean white sheets. a white-washed room, so low that the ceiling almost touched our heads, some flowers in a bow, the small lattice window open. though it was hot in there, it was better far than the rooms of most families in towns, living on a wage of twice as much, for here was no sign of defeat in decency or cleanliness. in her face, as in poor herd's, was that same strange minging of resigned despair and almost eager appeal, so terrible to disappoint. yet, trying not to disappoint it, one felt guilty of treachery: what was the good, the kindness in making this poor bird flutter still with hope against the bars, when fast prison had so surely closed in round her? but what else could we do? we could not give her those glib assurances that naive souls make so easily to others concerning their after state. and the night was so beautiful, so utterly glamourously beautiful, with its star-flowers, and its silence and its trees clothed in moonlight. all was tranquil as a dream of sleep. but it was long before our hearts wandering with poor herd, would let us remember that she had slipped away into so beautiful a dream

Afruit stand has to decide what to charge for their produce. they decide to charge \$5.30$5.30dollar sign, 5, point, 30 for 111 apple and 111 orange. they also plan to charge \$14$14dollar sign, 14 for 222 apples and 222 oranges. we put this information into a system of linear equations. can we find a unique price for an apple and an orange?