Dr. grant is conducting an experiment to see if female cockatoos of a certain species prefer males with red feathers on their heads. in her experiment, she paints the feathers on several male cockatoos' heads four different shades of red. she then releases the painted cockatoos and monitors how many females each male attracts.

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i need the question options are if theres some?

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to persuade readers that a conquering prince must destroy a former republic if he hopes to hold it.

in the excerpt from "the prince," the author niccolò machiavelli suggests that to take possession of a city and endure the control over it, it is necessary to destroy it first. otherwise, people who have known freedom will eventually turn against the new rulers and fight back to recover their power.