Solving Proportions MAT 222 Instructor: Dr. Stacie Williams Solving Proportions Bear population. To estimate the size of the bear population on the Keweenaw Peninsula‚ conservationists captured‚ tagged‚ and released 50 bears. One year later‚ a random sample of 100 bears included only 2 tagged bears. What is the conservationist’s estimate of the size of the bear population? Let’s make "x" the number of the total bear population. The ratio of originally tagged bears to the whole population
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and Brazil have very different trading patterns. Mexico trades mainly with the United States‚ Brazil trades about equally with the United States and with the European Union; Mexico does much more trade relative to its GDP. Explain these differences using the gravity model. Mexico is quite close to the U.S.‚ but it is far from the European Union (EU). So it makes sense that it trades largely with the U.S. Brazil is far from both‚ so its trade is split between the two. Mexico trades more than Brazil
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Smith Systems Consulting – Software Engineering BSA 385 Iwona Rusin Smith Systems Consulting - Software Engineering Engagement Approach The term “Engagement Approach” refers to the company’s policies and procedures that help keep the employees dedicated‚ committed and focused on the future and success of the company‚ while‚ at the same time‚ enhancing their own self-worth. In order to achieve this‚ the company will do the following: Initiate a yearly performance review process which all
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persuasive message with one of Aristotle’s core tents. Aristotle’s Logos is the best approach communicating in rhetorical situations. In a court case study a lawyer has to give credibility to his client and convince not only the judge but the jury as well‚ by communicating rhetorically utilizing the Logos approach providing sufficient evidence‚ facts and logic he could potentially win the case. Another approach I would highly consider is the Pathos. Emotional situations tend to attract more of an
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Problem of Teenagers using electronic devices in school Nowadays teenagers and children are using cell phones at a younger age than any previous generation. The most problem is they do not having attention in their class and teacher. They do playing video games‚ researching on the phones‚ and text messaging with their friends while the teacher is talking and teaching. So‚ teachers say such items that electronic devices: phone‚ tablet and I-pod can disturb their students study during
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How does confirmation bias and fixation interfere with effective problem solving? Confirmation bias refers to a type of selective thinking where one tends to notice and to look for what confirms one’s beliefs. It can be difficult to encounter something or someone without having a preconceived opinion. You only see one way to approach a problem or idea‚ and that’s your way. As a result‚ this bias can often result in faulty decision making‚ because one-sided information tends to leave you without
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Current Benefits There are a variety of benefits with the current system that any reform to the system should aim to retain. Additionally‚ there are some core values that any voting procedure should maintain. These were succinctly drawn out by Lord Selkirk “having a voting system that is efficient‚ correct and appropriate is going to be very important and they will need to have a system where the voting is clear beyond doubt” . It is imperative that any alteration to the voting procedure of either
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The Great Barrier Reef | Koh Yi Shing 2013.03.19 | The world’s largest coral reef system‚ The Great Barrier Reef‚ is shrinking at an incredibly rapid rate (Environmental Threats). Over the past 27 years‚ it has lost approximately half of its coral (Happening to GBR). This is due to many reasons; it includes oil spills‚ poor water quality‚ shipping‚ climate change etc. (Environmental Threats). One of the main reasons is overfishing (Environmental Threats). For example‚ the species of Crown-of-thorns
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The Potential Benefits and Problems of Genetically Modified Food Every time we go to the supermarket or any grocery store‚ we do not know whether the vegetables‚ fruits or even meats being sold are genetically modified. To make this situation worse‚ most consumers do not pay much attention to what they are eating when they are actually devouring genetically engineered food. Despite this ignorance‚ more and more people‚ including researchers‚ are becoming aware of the impact of genetically modified
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aspects in formal education system that needs reforming. The most severe problem is that educators put too much emphasis on accomplishments and scores so that students prefer to study on a blindly way----that is studying without subjective thinking. Students used to be instilled knowledge and try their best to recite the knowledge. Personal interests have been ignored and specialized education seems to be a kind of luxuries. In this way‚ the capability of critical thinking and creativity can not be
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