1. Show that the points (0‚ 0) and on the curve e(x + y) = cos (xy) have a common tangent. (Total 7 marks) 2. The curve C has equation y = . (a) Find the coordinates of the points on C at which = 0. (4) (b) The tangent to C at the point P(1‚ 2) cuts the x-axis at the point T. Determine the coordinates of T. (4) (c) The normal to C at the point P cuts the y-axis at the point N. Find the area of triangle PTN. (7) (Total 15 marks) 3. The function f is defined by f(x) =
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Differentiation strategies are not about pursuing uniqueness for the sake of being different. Differentiation is about understanding customers and how GM ’s product can meet their needs. To this extent‚ the quest for differentiation advantage takes us to the heart of business strategy. The fundamental issues of differentiation are also the fundamental issues of business strategy: Who are GM ’s customers? How does GM create value for them? And how does GM do it more effectively and efficiently
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Globalisation denotes the increasing connection and integration of the world economy‚ bringing new opportunities to Less Developed Countries (LDCs). Greater access to developed country markets through increasing trade‚ reductions in transportation costs and technology transfer have implied a fast downgrading of the concept of ’distance ’ (Lee & Vivarelli‚ 2006)‚ which intended to improve productivity and higher living standards to help the less skilled in developing countries‚ who are assumed to
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Deforestation in Costa Rica Costa Rica is famous for it’s rainforests and vast biodiversity and ecosystems‚ including 12‚000 species of plants‚ 1‚239 species of butterflies‚ 838 species of birds‚ 440 species of reptiles and amphibians‚ and 232 species of mammals (Wikipedia)‚ which overtime have become under threat due to deforestation. Since the end of World War II‚ 80 percent of Costa Rican forests have disappeared (Wikipedia). Various companies are cutting down forests‚ to provide
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APPLE DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGY Post Published: 17 January 2011 Author: Nellie Amirah Lim Found in section: MWS Articles We can describe Apple’s strategy in terms of product differentiation and strategic alliances Product Differentiation. Apple prides itself on its innovation. When reviewing the history of Apple‚ it is evident that this attitude permeated the company during its peaks of success. For instance‚ Apple pioneered the PDA market by introducing the Newton in 1993. Later‚ Apple introduced
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fresh and cold coffee. To move in 1980s and 1990s‚ their Company did well‚ and Seattle became coffee-crazy‚ and beyond Seattle to go through rest of the United State‚ then the entire world. In 2000s‚ Starbucks became a public traded company. Starbucks trended to international that has more than 15‚000 locations in over 40 countries. Starbucks never stopping on selling coffee‚ they initiated several other product and brand extensions. For instance‚ to distributed whole bean and sold coffee to supermarket
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Costa Rica was founded by Christopher Columbus on his fourth and last voyage to the new world in 1502. Already living in Costa Rica were four indigenous tribes. The Corucas‚ Chibchas‚ and Diquis lived in the south west region while the Caribs lived on the east coast. Tthe natives from the tribes either left when the Spaniards arrived or died from the disease smallpox. Colonists started to settle in this area in 1522. After settlement‚ Spain was under a military Governor from the Captaincy General
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Coffee Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world‚ next only to petroleum and is popularly referred to as ’Brown Gold ’. Coffee is grown in about 80 countries across the globe‚ of which over 50 are considered to be the major producers. India is one of the major coffee producing countries and ranks sixth in the world after Brazil‚ Columbia‚ Vietnam‚ Indonesia and Mexico. With only about 2 per cent share in the global coffee area‚ India contributes about 4 per cent towards the world
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Human habitation can be traced back more than 10‚000 years but it appears Costa Rica was sparsely populated and a relative backwater in the pre-Columbian era. There is little sign of major communities and none of the impressive stone architecture that characterized the more advanced civilizations of Mesoamerica to the north and the Andes to the south. When Columbus arrived near Lim¢¢n on September 18‚ 1502 on his third and last voyage to the Americas‚ there were probably no more than 20‚000 indigenous
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generic strategies‚ making their strategy one that is considered a ‘hybrid’strategy. Cost leadership – • IKEA’s strategy is based on selling high-quality‚ Swedish designed‚ self-assembly furniture products at low price. The low price strategy seeks a achieve a lower price than competitors while maintaining similar perceived product and service benefits to those offered by its competitors. • IKEA is able to costs low due to the following reasons as well – o Keeping a good relation with suppliers
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