Which of the following correctly defines politics?
a. an effort to control or influence the conduct and policies of government.
b. an effort to interpret and apply the laws of the government.
c. the actions taken by political parties to ensure that they will gain control of the executive branch, such as advertising and campaigning.
d. the actions taken by the legislative branch to interpret the constitution of a given nation.

we can solve this via the kinematic equation:

where the vertical velocity is zero and so:

since the height of the building is 29.3 meters then:

the ball was in motion for approximately 2.45 seconds

according to classical republican political theory, which democratic republics would function best?

a.   small republics, with people who had similar interests

b.   large republics, with people who had competing interests

c.   republics made up entirely of landowners

d.   republics made up entirely of servants