Val rented a bicycle while she was on vacation. she paid a flat rental fee of $55.00, plus $8.50 each day. the total cost was $123. write an equation you can use to find the number of days she rented the bicycle

8 days

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of days she rented bicycle be "b"

The total cost is fixed cost + variable cost.

Fixed cost = 55

Variables cost = 8.50 each day for b days, that is 8.50b

So, total cost is:

Total Cost = 55 + 8.50b

We know total cost is 123, so we can write:

123 = 55 + 8.50b

Now, we solve for b:

So, she rented the bicycle for 8 days

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: