Medical research and psychological testing have proven conclusively that male children between the ages of 15-18 sleep, on average, 3 hours longer per day than female children between the ages of 15-18.
What is the BEST way to revise this sentence without changing its meaning?

A) Males sleep longer than females.
B) Research has proven that teenage males sleep 3 hours longer per day than teenage females.
C) Medical and psychological testing has conclusively proven that males sleep 3 hours longer per day than females.
D) Testing has shown that teenage boys between the ages of 15-18 sleep longer than teenage girls in the same age group.

Read this excerpt of "from blossoms": from laden boughs, from hands, from sweet fellowship in the bins, comes nectar at the roadside, succulentpeaches we devour, dusty skin and all, comes the familiar dust of summer, dust we eat. which word create a positive mood?

What are the effects of parallel structure in this excerpt? check all that apply. it adds emphasis to the verbs that describe the british government’s oppression. it uses repetition to add power to the colonists’ growing list of grievances. it stresses jefferson’s list of grievances, giving the reader a sense of the amount of time the colonists have been oppressed. it emphasizes that all of these acts were carried out by the same person.

Westridge, ohio — more than 600 transportation employees went on strike at midnight last night after the westridge city council rejected their demand for a 10% pay increase. the strike affects all bus and rail services throughout westridge and the neighboring communities of turlock, smithfield, and lowell grove. "we hoped we would not be forced to strike, but until our demands are met, we really have no choice," said wanda thompson, a representative of the transportation employees union. "we simply don't get paid what we deserve." members of the westridge city council see the situation differently. "our employees already earn 6% more than the state average for similar transportation jobs," said raoul cobian, president of the westridge city council. hopefully the two groups can come to an agreement soon and bring this unnecessary strike to an end. what is the common name for the underlined information in the article?