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    Bauer Chapter 9

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    Chapter 9 & 10 Short Answer and Critical Thinking CHAPTER 9 Short answer 15. Name and describe the four functional abilities of muscle that are the basis for muscle response. Contractibility- is the ability to shorten forcibly when adequately stimulated. This ability sets muscle apart from other tissue types. Extensibility- is the ability to extend or stretch. Muscle cells shorten when contracting‚ but they can stretch even beyond their resting length‚ when relaxed. Elasticity-

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    Assessments chapter 9

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    11/18/14 Viviana Montalti. P.8 Chapter 9: Assessments. 1. How did the lack of a single strong ruler benefit Italy during the Renaissance? The lack of a single strong ruler made it possible for a number of city-states in northern and central Italy to remain independent. 2. How did the demand for goods affect both the power of the Italian states and the Catholic Church? As the Italian states grew wealthier‚ the power of the Church began to decline slightly. 3. How did the fact that other countries

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    Chapter 9 outline

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    Chapter IX. The French Revolution pp. 361-415 France “replaced the ‘Old Regime’ with ‘modern society‚’ and at its extreme phase it became very radical‚ so much so that all later revolutionary movements have looked back to it as a predecessor to themselves.” The French Revolution occurred in the most advanced country of the day‚ the center of the Enlightenment. It was the most powerful‚ wealthy nation in Europe. It had the largest population (24 m) under one government. Paris was smaller than

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    Chapter 9 Estimation and Confidence Intervals 30. A random sample of 85 group leaders‚ supervisors‚ and similar personnel revealed that a person spent an average 6.5 years on the job before being promoted. The population standard deviation was 1.7 years. Using the 0.95 degree of confidence‚ what is the confidence interval for the population mean? A) 6.99 and 7.99 B) 4.15 and 7.15 C) 6.14 and 6.86 D) 6.49 and 7.49 Answer: C 31. The mean weight of trucks traveling on a particular section of I-475

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    Chapter 9 Quiz

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    Chapter 9 GDP is the market value of all the final goods and services produced by all firms located in the United States in a given time period Marginal external cost The cost of producing an additional unit of a good or service that falls on people other than the producer. Efficiency Efficiency is achieved when the marginal social benefit equals the marginal social cost. Which of the following best describes an externality? An effect of a transaction felt by someone other than the

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    Chapter 9 Solutions

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    9 Sinusoidal Steady State Analysis Assessment Problems AP 9.1 [a] V = 170/−40◦ V [b] 10 sin(1000t + 20◦ ) = 10 cos(1000t − 70◦ ) . ·. I = 10/−70◦ A [c] I = 5/36.87◦ + 10/−53.13◦ = 4 + j3 + 6 − j8 = 10 − j5 = 11.18/−26.57◦ A [d] sin(20‚000πt + 30◦ ) = cos(20‚000πt − 60◦ ) Thus‚ V = 300/45◦ − 100/−60◦ = 212.13 + j212.13 − (50 − j86.60) = 162.13 + j298.73 = 339.90/61.51◦ mV AP 9.2 [a] v = 18.6 cos(ωt − 54◦ ) V [b] I = 20/45◦ − 50/ − 30◦ = 14.14 + j14.14 − 43.3 + j25 = −29.16 + j39.14 = 48.81/126

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    Auditing Chapter 9

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    Jessica Schmitt Auditing Chapter 9‚ problem 9-28 A. Since there are no specific materiality guidelines‚ it is the auditor’s professional judgment that must be used to determine the appropriate preliminary estimates of materiality. I used the guidelines listed on pg 251 in figure 9-2: Statement Percent Guideline Dollar Range (in thousands) Earnings from continuing operations before taxes 3-6 % $12‚500-$25‚100 (rounded) Current Assets 3-6 % $67‚600-$135‚200 (rounded) Current Liabilities 3-6 %

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    Sociology Chapter 9

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    Chapter 9: Deviance What is Deviance? The recognized violation of cultural norms Crime: The violation of a society’s formally enacted criminal law Social Control: Attempts by society to regulate people’s thought and behavior Criminal Justice system: a formal response by police‚ courts‚ and prison 
officials to alleged violations of the law 
The Biological Context Early studies showed relationship of criminal behavior with head shape 
(Lombroso) and body size (Sheldon)‚ but they

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    Lord of the Flies Chapter 9-13 In chapter 9 there were couple of circumstances of death through 9 to 13 and other thing was that Simon was wounded and he thought that he saw a beast but later he figured it out it was a dead pilot. Simon sees the dead pilot he starts to vomit. He was not feeling well. 2. Simon wants to tell everyone about that what he saw about a dead person’s body on an island. And suddenly Simon realizes that group members have made an mistake that he talked about the beast

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    Chapter 9 reducing project duration Review Questions 1. What are five common reasons for crashing a project? Reasons given could include: • Imposed deadline in which disfavor will be earned by not meeting superior’s deadline • Time to market competitive advantage • Realize benefits from incentive contracts • To make up for lost time and avoid contract penalties • Save extensive overhead costs • Free up resources to work on other projects • Exceed

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