Sara is a 30-year-old woman who has just been fired from her job. She lives alone in an apartment that she rents and is having trouble making ends meet. Although she has no previous criminal record, she becomes desperate and decides to rob a bank in the next county. During the robbery, she shows a gun to intimidate the tellers and make them comply with her demands. Which element would be considered an aggravating circumstance

You are serving on a jury. a plaintiff is suing the city for injuries sustained after falling down an uncovered manhole. in the trial, doctors testified that it will be 5 years before the plaintiff is able to return to work. the jury has already decided in favor of the plaintiff, and has decided to grant the plaintiff an award to cover the following items: a. recovery of 2 years of back-pay ($34,000 for two years ago, and $36,000 for last year, which ends today). assume that it is december 31 and that all salary is received at year end. this recovery should include the time value of money. b. the present value of 5 years of future salary. assume that the plaintiff's salary would increase at a rate of 3 percent per year. c. $100,000 for pain and suffering. d. $20,000 for court costs. assume an interest rate of 7 percent. what should be the size of the settlement?

Which statement best describes evidence of a mulitcultural mix in east africa? a. because of what he learned during his pilgrimage to mecca, mansa musa was able to build a center of islamic scholarship. b. the traders of ghana brought back with them slaves from the mediterranean who taught the ghana rulers about christianity. c. clans were made up of lineages that were descendants of multiple ancestors from different regions of africa. d. swahili became a language made up of words spoken by traders along the coast of the indian ocean.

For 50 pointsfredrika's science teacher asked her to bring in three abiotic items from her backyard ecosystem. which of the following groups of items should she bring? a. a lightning bug, a plug of grass, and a wormb. a smooth rock, some red dirt, and an empty bird's nestc. a ladybug, a spider, and some water from a mud puddled. a caterpillar, a pine cone, and a piece of a robin's egg