times‚ especially as adults we seem to have a fixed mindset‚ which is “the belief that intelligence is an entity‚ set and birth and unchangeable” (Passarelli 2014). Meaning that you are intelligent because you were born into a family of well- educated people that passed the “smart” gene to you or you don’t have it because you were not born into a family who maybe went to college or finished high school. I have to say‚ I don’t agree with this theory of a fixed mindset because I know many people‚ including
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superior to fixed rates in dealing with major shocks such as oil price increases? Explain why floating exchange rates did not produce a reduction in the US balance of payments deficit during the early 1980s? Describe the system that was developed to replace floating exchange rates. First we need to explain what fixed and floating exchange rates are. Fixed exchange rate regime is a regime in which central banks buy and sell their own currencies to keep their exchange rates fixed at a certain
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Definitions A fixed mindset to me is a person with no will or want to grow as an individual. Someone who is stuck in their ways believing that their situation is never going to get better. They may want to continue and better themselves by maybe furthering their education. They feel as though they are not good enough and that there is no point in trying. They refuse to see the better part of themselves and believe only the worst about themselves. Instead of embracing their uniqueness and individuality
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following data have been recorded for recently completed Job 501 on its job cost sheet. Direct materials cost was $3‚067. A total of 30 direct labor-hours and 104 machine-hours were worked on the job. The direct labor wage rate is $12 per labor-hour. The company applies manufacturing overhead on the basis of machinehours. The predetermined overhead rate is $11 per machine-hour. The total cost for the job on its job cost sheet would be: A. $4‚571 B. $3‚757 C. $3‚090 D. $3‚427 Applied manufacturing
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CHAPTER 3 BALANCE OF PAYMENTS SUGGESTED ANSWERS AND SOLUTIONS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS QUESTIONS 1. Define the balance of payments. Answer: The balance of payments (BOP) can be de fined as the statistical record of a country’s international transactions over a certain period of time presented in the form of double-entry bookkeeping. 2. Why would it be useful to examine a country’s balance of payments data? It Answer: would be useful to examine a country’s BOP
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How to balance Penn Foster studies with work and or family demands Many people have struggled for years trying to balance their studies‚ their workloads and living by family demands. Now that I have learnt how to balance my Penn Foster studies‚ work‚ and my family this has become very easy for me. I am a 24 years old female that lives at home with my mom‚ sister and two brothers. Also I don’t have any kids which I think makes it much easier for me to concentrate on my studies. Currently I work
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Types of Variables Binary variable Obsevations (i.e.‚ dependent variables) that occur in one of two possible states‚ often labelled zero and one. E.g.‚ “improved/not improved” and “completed task/failed to complete task.” Usually an independent or predictor variable that contains values indicating membership in one of several possible categories. E.g.‚ gender (male or female)‚ marital status (married‚ single‚ divorced‚ widowed). The categories are often assigned numerical values used as lables
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employer. For a product of your choice: 1. Clearly explain the main cost elements and the nature of those costs – define and give relevant examples of variable‚ fixed‚ semi-variable‚ direct and indirect costs 2. Suggest the weekly production level and a breakdown of costs for one product from your chosen business. Then calculate the marginal and absorption costs per unit. 3. Describe at least 2 methods of setting the price‚ including cost-plus pricing. Then suggest which method is best suited
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Fixed Income Securities Chapter 2 Basics of Fixed Income Securities Problem Set (light version of the exercises in the text) Q3. You are given the following data on different rates with the same maturity (1.5 years)‚ but quoted on a different basis and different compounding frequencies: • Continuously compounded rate: 2.00% annualized rate • Continuously compounded return on maturity: 3.00% • Annually compounded rate: 2.10% annualized rate • Semi-annually compounded rate: 2.01% annualized
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„Microeconomics” How entrepreneurs optimize costs of production. Unfortunately‚ the economy hasn’t improved in last few recession years. It is so difficult to live thru these hard times when the recession is overtaking whole worlds businesses. Companies now need to aggressively cut their costs. It’s a survival issue. It is not easy to compete in the market today. Rising prices‚ shifting fuel rates‚ global competition and varying labor rates around the world have made cost control very important
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