Chapter 7 Questions: 3. Compare and contrast the two types of antennas. - omnidirectional antennas: the antenna transmits in all directions simultaneously. One common omnidirectional antenna is the dipole antenna (nicknamed the “rubber duck” because of its flexibility); omnidirectional antennas transmit in all directions‚ both horizontally and vertically. The signal goes in all directions‚ as well as up and down‚ although there is often a small dead spot with no signal that is a very small area
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NSS Exploring Economics 3 (Second Edition) Consolidation Worksheets Chapter 16 Competition and efficiency Test yourself 16.1 Refer to the following table. Quantity (units) MB ($) MC ($) 1 13 1 2 11 2 3 8 3 4 4 4 5 0 5 Calculate the value of the deadweight loss for each of the following output levels. Based on your result‚ determine which of them is inefficient. a. 2 units b. 4 units c. 5 units Answers: a. Deadweight loss = (______ of 3rd unit – ______ of
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Chapter 18 Questions 1)Define active solar heating‚ and explain how it works. Active solar heating is a system of putting the sun’s energy to use in which collectors absorb solar energy and pumps or fans distribute the collected heat. This functions in the manner that heat absorbed by a solar collector is transferred to a fluid inside the panel‚ which is then pumped to the heat exchanger‚ where the heat is transferred to water that will be stored in the hot water tank. 2)Define photovoltaic solar
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for him finally starting to be accepted. 14. PG18 Hyperbole was used when describing the numbers and years‚ it was being stretched. 15. PG19 When Jim had a hairball as big as your fist it was oxymoron because hairballs are not normally that large. 16. PG20 By Huck being tanned it was symbolism‚ because it stands for him being discouraged by everything and everyone. 17. PG21 Allusions to books are being made as Huck reads. 18. PG22 Huck did not literally put on frills as suggested‚ so this was
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Review questions 1. When someone on a good income says that they ‘can’t afford’ a plasma screen television‚ what do they really mean? [LO 4] 2. A friend of yours says‚ ‘Private tennis lessons are definitely better than group lessons.’ Explain what you think they mean by this statement. Then use the cost–benefit principle to explain why private lessons are not necessarily the best choice for everyone. [LO 4] 3. Which is more valuable: saving $100 on a $2000 plane ticket to Tokyo or saving
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Feedback 5 – Labour Market‚ Exchange Rate Market & Financial Market 1) Mary Sue is the newly appointed CEO of a company that manufactures CD drives on an assembly line. Her staff has told her that the output the firm produces‚ given the number of workers employed‚ indicates that some workers may be shirking. According to efficiency wage theory‚ what should she do? a) Pay all workers more than the equilibrium wage rate b) Pay all workers below the equilibrium wage rate to make up for the
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PAPER 6 : ACCOUNTING FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES Full Marks : 100 Module A: Introduction and Environment • Purpose‚ Nature‚ Uses and Users of Accounting Information‚ Functional and Operational Definition of Accounting‚ Accounting Principles‚ Standards and Regulations‚ Forms of Business Organizations and Accounting systems. Module B: Analysis of Financial Statement • Objectives of Financial Statement Analysis‚ Financial Statement Analysis‚ Horizontal and Vertical Analysis‚ Comparative Financial Statements
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1. Identify the real and/or financial assets that are involved in the following activities. (a) Toyota takes out a bank loan to finance the construction of a new factory; A: The bank loan is financial and the new factory is real. (b) Toyota pays of its loan; A: The loan is financial. (c) Toyota uses $10 million of cash on hand to purchase additional inventory of spare auto parts. A: Cash is financial and auto parts are real. Note that cash is generally considered to be a financial asset. Like
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5. Copy three important passages (minimum of 3 sentences each); and then respond to these passages. Why do you think they are important? How do they help the author create his purpose? 1.“Economics is‚ at root‚ the study of incentives: how people get what they want‚ or need‚ especially when other people want or need the same thing. Economists love incentives. They love to dream them up and enact them‚ study them and tinker with them. The typical economist believes the world has not yet invented
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Chapter 2 ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Q2.1 In 2004‚ the second-largest U.S. long-distance telephone company eliminated about 2‚000 jobs at four call centers in Colorado‚ Iowa‚ Kansas‚ and South Carolina. "MCI must continue to revamp its cost structure to better position the company for future success‚" a company spokesperson said. Does this decision reflect an application of the global or partial optimization concept? Explain. ANSWER MCI=s decision to scale back employment at four
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