One view is that the literacy rate has risen from 72% to 90% in the last 30 years. According to the 2005 Functional Literacy‚ Education‚ and Mass Media Survey conducted by the National Statistics Office (NSO)‚ 48.4 million or 84% of the estimated 57.6 million Filipinos who are 10 to 64 years old are said to be "functionally" literate (Source: "8 out of 10 Filipinos are functionally literate" by D. Pepito‚ TODAY newspaper‚ February 17‚ 2005). Functional literacy was found to be higher in females
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In the United States‚ the crime rate is increasing each day. Although many may believe that only adults are executing this criminal activity‚ and that is entirely not true. Juvenile crime has been a problem in the United States for many years and is still a main factor to the growing crime rates in cities across the United States. Many factors of these adolescences lives contribute to their actions. Such as‚ drug use‚ their communities‚ their peers and also their families. Juvenile crime does
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Effect of osmosis rate on different surface areas‚ depending on different types of water solution An investigation showing the effect of surface area on osmosis rate‚ including some different types of water concentration. Osmosis is a type of passive (not requiring energy) transport of water molecules across partially permeable membrane‚ from an area of high water concentration into area of low water concentration. But how does surface area affect rate of osmosis? Surface area plays important
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Our understanding of child development is the result of decades of observations and research. This has given us the knowledge to predict how children will develop in the five main areas: physical‚ communication‚ cognitive‚ social‚ emotional‚ behavioural and moral. Patterns of development can be understood in terms of sequence and rate. The sequence of development from birth to 19 years describes the order in which we expect things to happen. We use this to predict the development of a child‚ as well
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is day 0‚ the loan will be initiated on day 60 and will mature on day 210.) The implied forward rate over 150 days‚ and hence the rate on 150-day FRA‚ is 2.5%. The actual interest rate over that period could be either 2.4% or 2.6%. (a) If the interest rate on day 60 is 2.6%‚ how much will the lender have to pay if the FRA is settled on day 60? How much if it is settled on day 210? (b) If the interest rate on day 60 is 2.4%‚ how much will the lender have to pay if the FRA is settled on day 60? How much
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lognormal distribution with parameters µ and σ 2 = 4. • The number of claims and claim sizes are independent. (a) Give two conditions for full credibility that can be completely determined by the information above. Make sure to define all terms in your definition. (b) Suppose that 7000 claims are needed for full credibility (with range parameter k = 0.1 and and probability level P ). Determine P . 1 2 2. A portfolio contains two types of risks: risk A and risk B: • For risk A‚ the number
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Literacy rates of 15-24 years old‚ both sexes‚ percentage Year | Value | 1991 | 61.9 | 2001 | 76.4 | 2007 | 82.1 | Literacy rates of 15-24 years old‚ men‚ percentage Year | Value | 1991 | 73.5 | 2001 | 84.2 | 2007 | 86.7 | Literacy rates of 15-24 years old‚ women‚ percentage Year | Value | 1991 | 49.3 | 2001 | 67.7 | 2007 | 77.1 | Literacy Rate in India - To know development in a society‚ Literacy is another proper indicator of economic development. For purpose of census
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factors speed up rates of chemical reaction and weathering in rocks and soils? A) low temperatures; very dry B) low temperatures; very moist C) high temperatures; very dry D) warm temperatures; very moist 2) Which of the following statements about acidic precipitation is likely to be false? A) Chemical weathering and deterioration of exposed rock and metal surfaces will accelerate if acidic precipitation increases. B) Lowered taxes and relaxed governmental regulations will result in more private
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1.Female Literacy a)Main observation: countries with low fertility rates have high literacy rates and vice versa. Tthe fertility rate of a country is thus inversely proportional to female literacy rate. At the literacy rate of 60%‚ fertility rate is about 7.72. At the litaracy rate of 100%‚ fertility rate is about 1.21. b)Cost of having a baby explicit short term: Birth and pre-natal expenses long term: Housing Food Education Transport Clothing Healthcare
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Cations I found out what Cations where present by doing a flame test. When I put my substance in the Bunsen burner I got a bright yellow colour which means that the Cation for my substance was sodium ions. Anions To find the Anions I had to go through a series of tests to find out which Anion was present. From all the tests I found out that the test for bromine halide worked and the test for sulphate also worked. Conclusion In conclusion I found out that the ions present in my sample where
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