The severe drought left the local almost empty, which prevented the farmers from properly watering their crops. Which one is it?

A-Dehydrate
B-Hydroelectric
C-Hydrant
D-Aquatic
E-Aqueduct
F-Aquarium
G-Aquifer
H-Marine
I-Marina
J-Maritime

E - Aqueduct

Explanation:

All of the following words have a meaning somehow connected to water. The word that is missing in the following sentence is obviously a noun (we can ask - What has the drought left empty? The local what?), so we can eliminate all words that are not nouns.

To dehydrate is a verb.

Hydroelectric, aquatic, marine, and maritime are adjectives.

The remaining words are nouns.

A hydrant is an outlet from a fluid main that consists of an upright pipe with a valve attached from which fluid (like water) can be tapped. It is not used by farmers to water crops.

An aqueduct is a watercourse constructed to carry water from a source to a distribution point far away. It can be used by farmers to water crops.

An aquarium is the same as a fish tank.

An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock, rock fractures, or unconsolidated materials, such as sand.

A marina is a small port designed for small pleasure boats.

Thus, the correct option is E - Aqueduct.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

substitute y = 2x - 4 to x + 2y = 12:

x + 2(2x - 4) = 12     use distributive property

x + (2)(2x) + () = 12

x + 4x - 8 = 12     add 8 to both sides

5x = 20     divide both sides by 5

x = 4

put the value of x to the first equation:

y = 2(4) - 4

y = 8 - 4

y = 4