Of interest is to study the relationship between the number of academic credits a VCU student is taking this semester and the number of hours of paid work the student does each week. Specifically, of interest is to use the number of academic credits the student is taking to predict the number of hours of paid work the student does each week. Based on the information above, which of the following is the correct identification of the independent variable X and the dependent variable Y?

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a. X = number of academic credits a VCU student is taking and Y = number of hours of paid work the student does each week

b. X = number of hours of paid work the student does each week and Y = number of academic credits a VCU student is taking

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.”

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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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