What should be the next number in the following series? 100 96 104 88 120 56 _ ? _

Explanation:

1) You need to try to find a pattern in the given sequence, so that you can conclude a rule to determine each number in the sequence.

2) The first logical approach to find such pattern is to find the differences between any pair of consecutive numbers. That leads you to this:

3) From that, you can see that the difference between two consecutive numbers is scaled by a factor of - 2. That is shown here:

4) Therefore, in words, the rule is "add (- 2) times the previous difference", which is:

         ⇒ 56 + 128 = 184.

         ⇒ the next number is 184.

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:

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