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2. What is the central metaphor utilized in the poem?
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O A The narrator describes a tiring climb up a beat-up staircase, which
represents her persisting through difficulties and struggles in life.
B The narrator compares a crystal staircase to her own life, symbolic
of her own goals and the struggle towards them.
OC The narrator describes her climb up a dirty staircase which
transforms into a crystal stair, which represents her ability to rise
above difficulties.
OD The narrator describes herself going down a decrepit staircase, a
figurative depiction of her continued problems,
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Nthe opening scene of the movie raiders of the lost ark, indiana jones replaces a golden statue with a bag of sand. the platform on which the statue is placed is designed to detect the mass of the statue. if the bag of sand has a different mass than the statue, then a mechanism triggers and destruction ensues. the density of gold is about 20\text{ g/cm}^320 g/cm 3 20, space, g, slash, c, m, start superscript, 3, end superscript. the density of sand can be estimated at 2.5\text{ g/cm}^32.5 g/cm 3 2, point, 5, space, g, slash, c, m, start superscript, 3, end superscript. the gold statue can be modeled as a cylinder with height 25\text{ cm}25 cm25, space, c, m and radius 8\text{ cm}8 cm8, space, c, m. in terms of \piπpi, what is the mass of sand indiana jones needs to avoid triggering the mechanism?