The choir at wise middle school was preparing for their Hispanic concert. While rehearsing their opening song they noticed it took 48.7 seconds to sing it. They felt it was too long and sang it again taking off 2.9 seconds from the original time. The third time they sang it they were able to take an additional 0.47 seconds off their time. How long did it take the choir to sing the song the third time?

45.88 seconds

Step-by-step explanation:

= Time taken to sing the fist time =

Time taken to sing the second time was less than the first time so

Time taken to sing the third time was less than the the second time

So the time it took the choir to sing the third time was 45.88 seconds.

answer:   segregation violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment, which holds that no state can “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

details/explanation:

brown v. board of education of topeka, decided by the us supreme court in 1954, ruled that all americans are entitled to the same civil liberties and protections in regard to access to education. until that decision, it was legal to segregate schools according to race, so that black students could not attend the same schools as white students.   an older supreme court decision, plessy v. ferguson (1896), had said that separate, segregated public facilities were acceptable as long as the facilities offered were equal in quality.   in the case of brown v. board of education, that standard was challenged and defeated.   segregation was shown to create inequality, and the supreme court unanimously ruled segregation to be unconstitutional.

the ruling was important in advancing civil rights because it affirmed that the 14th amendment applies to all rights and privileges of citizens, including access to   education.   this was being violated by states whose laws supported the segregation of schools.   section 1 of the 14th amendment reads as follows:

answer: 48

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