Which statement describes the enlightenment idea of a social contract as it influenced the declaration of independence?
a social contract controls the way businesses make money.
a social contract specifies how much people must pay in taxes.
a social contract decides the relationship between rulers and citizens.
a social contract determines which class of people will be powerful.

Ascientist performs an experiment where she measures the mass of a piece of metal, pours acid onto the metal, washes the metal, and then re-measures the mass of the metal. the scientist repeats the experiment several times, each time increasing the amount of acid used. the dependent variable in the experiment is the: initial mass of the metal final mass of the metal amount of acid used washing the metal