Given: and Prove: slope of × slope of = -1 Statements Reasons 1. is similar to Given 2. Property of similar triangles 3. slope of slope of Definition of slope 4. slope of slope of Multiplying the slopes 5. slope of slope of Substitution property of equality 6. slope of slope of = -1 Simplifying the right side The table shows the proof of the relationship between the slopes of two perpendicular lines. What is the missing statement in step 2? A. B. C. D.

the answer is; biodiversity resulting from few ancestors

adaptive radiation occurs when a population is subjected to a large natural environment with spatial ecological variations. the parts of the population in the different ecologies begin to adapt to their local environments. due to non-random mating across the large populations, this causes the different populations from the large population to speciate within their local environments. they, therefore, diverge to different species sharing a common ancestor.  

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step-by-step explanation:

thus, the first answer choice, y = sec x, is the correct one