Please Help Which best explains why Civil Engineers who work for a major city in California care about a budget debate at the state level? A. They are employed by a local government that receives its funding to pay employees from the state.

B. They are employed by a private company that receives its funding through government contracts.

C. They are self-employed, and the politicians are considering income tax changes that would affect their salaries.

D. They are self-employed as consultants for a nonprofit that applies for funding through government grant programs.

Avariable that is positioned between the independent variable and the dependent variable but does not interact with either to affect the relationship between them is called a variable. select one: a. moderating b. spurious c. mediating d. causal

Facial shaving brushes are either bulb-shaped or fan-shaped. an experiment is to be conducted to determine whether the lather thickness is the same for both types of shaving brushes. in previous studies, it was determined that shaving brush size (small, medium, large) is associated with lather thickness, but shaving brush type (wolf whiskers, maggard razors, frank shaving, and so on) is not associated with lather thickness. how could the experiment best be conducted? by blocking on shaving brush size by blocking on shaving brush type by blocking on shaving brush shape by blocking on lather thickness without blocking

Let r(t) represent the rate, in square feet per minute, at which a groundskeeper is mowing a lawn t minutes after 3 p. m. what expression represents the area, in square feet, of the lawn that is mowed between 3 p. m. and 5 p. m.?