In West Coast Hotel Company V

question 34

Multiple Choice

In West Coast Hotel Company v. Parrish, the Washington Supreme Court reasoned:

• A)it is in the public interest to safeguard women's health and protect them from unscrupulous employers.
• B)the protection of women is a legitimate end of the exercise of state power.
• C)the requirement of a fair minimum wage designed so the woman can meet the "very necessities of existence" is a means of protection.
• D)All of these answers.

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Definitions:

Linear Equations

Equations of the first degree, meaning they involve only linear terms and have graphs that are straight lines.

Consistent

In the context of systems of equations, it describes a system that has at least one solution.

Inconsistent

A term used to describe a system of equations that has no solution because the equations represent parallel lines.

Elimination

A method for solving a system of equations by adding or subtracting the equations in order to eliminate one of the variables.