Borders by Thomas king, Who is more stubborn: the mother or the border guard? Or, is “stubborn” the right word, and are they equally motivated?

Consider the quadratic equation ax^2+bx+5=0,where a, b and c are rational numbers and the quadratic has two distinct zeros. if one zero is irrational what is the other zero?

"night. no one was praying for the night to pass quickly. the stars were but sparks of the immense conflagration that was consuming us. were this conflagration to be extinguished one day, nothing would be left in the sky but extinct stars and unseeing eyes." explain the images included in the passage. how is the use of the image of night contradictory to how we might expect it to be used

Which excerpt is an example of a claim of policy from compulsory voting an idea whose time has come