Which of these is an example of a zoning ordinance?
a. a state requires each town build a school
b. a town allows only residential buildings in a certain area
c. a county forces people to sell their homes to build a highway.
d. a city charges a tax of 2% on the value of all homes.

The owner of a one-acre parcel of land with a small house on it rented the property to a professor of a nearby college at a monthly rental of $500. several years later, after the professor got tenure, the parties orally agreed that the professor would purchase the property from the owner for the sum of $60,000, payable at the rate of $500 a month for 10 years. they agreed that the owner would give the professor a deed to the property after five years had passed and $30,000 had been paid toward the purchase price, and that the professor would execute a note secured by a mortgage for the balance. the professor continued in possession of the property and made all monthly payments in a timely fashion. when he had paid $30,000, he tendered a proper note and mortgage to the property owner and demanded that she deliver the deed as agreed. the owner refused because valuable minerals had been discovered on adjacent parcels in recent months, causing the value of this parcel of land to increase to 10 times its former value. the professor brought suit against the property owner for specific performance. if the court rules in favor of the property owner, what is the likely reason?

Which best expresses the radical republican philosophy of reconstruction? a. the confederate states were conquered territories that should be ruled by military governors. b. the southern states actually never left the union. c. if ten percent of the voters of a state that had seceded took an oath of allegiance to the union, then it should be readmitted as a state.

Read the graph that displays interest and total payments on a loan. banks make the most money and take the most risk with an interest rate of 5 percent. 10 percent. 15 percent 18 percent.