Keesha performed a chemical reaction, and the products looked quite different from the reactants. She knew the amount of matter had not changed due to the law of conservation of mass. According to the law of conservation of mass, what happens in a chemical reaction? A. Matter is not created or destroyed and the same amount of mass remains. B. A new kind of matter is created and the amount of mass either increases or decreases. C. Matter is not created or destroyed and the amount of mass may change after the reaction. D. New matter is created and changes form so that the mass of the reactants and the products will almost be equal.

Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. if they expressed their honest views—about, say, their party's policies—then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more difficult. clearly, the very insincerity that people decry shows that our government is functioning well. which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines this reasoning? (a) achieving political compromises is not all that is necessary for the proper functioning of a government. (b) some political compromises are not in the best long-term interest of the government. (c) voters often judge politicians by criteria other than the sincerity with which they express their views. (d) a political party's policies could turn out to be detrimental to the functioning of a government. (e) some of the public statements made by politicians about their party's policies could in fact be sincere.