BASIC NUMERACY SKILLS – A REVISION BODMAS B Brackets first O Orders (ie Powers and Square Roots‚ etc.) DM Division and Multiplication (left-to-right) AS Addition and Subtraction (left-to-right) Do things in Brackets First. [pic] | |6 × (5 + 3) |= |6 × 8 |= |48 | | |[pic] | |6 × (5 + 3) |= |30 + 3 |= |33 |(wrong) | |Example: (Powers‚ Roots) before Multiply‚ Divide‚ Add or Subtract. [pic] | |5 × 22 |= |5 × 4 |= |20 | | |[pic] | |5 × 22 |= |102 |= |100 |(wrong) | | | |
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BASIC ECONOMIC PROBLEM Scarcity is one of the most basic economic problem that we faced. Why we run into scarcity because we are in a society with unlimited wants‚ but limited resources. Therefore‚ we have to choose‚ to make trade-offs. We have to efficiently allocate resources‚ and we have to do those things because resources are limited and cannot meet our own unlimited demands. Choice and opportunity cost are two basic concepts in economics. Because of scarcity‚ consumers‚ businesses and governments
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used to characterize societies and individuals‚ to trace change over time‚ and to explain the motivational bases of attitudes and behavior. Despite or‚ perhaps‚ because of the widespread use of values‚ many different conceptions of this construct have emerged (e.g.‚ Boudon‚ 2001; Inglehart‚ 1997; Kohn‚ 1969; Parsons‚ 1951; Rokeach 1973). Application of the values construct in the social sciences has suffered‚ however‚ from the absence of an agreed-upon conception of basic values‚ of the content
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Unit 2 Markets – Why they fail Steve Margetts Page 1 CONTENTS An Introduction To Market Failure 2 Defining Externalities 2 Correcting For Externalities - Government Policies 7 Merit Goods 14 De-Merit Goods 16 Public Goods - Provided By The State 17 Indirect Taxes – Reducing Negative Externalities 18 Subsidies 21 Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) 22 Barriers to Entry 24 Monopoly 25 Index 28 Unit 2 Markets – Why they fail Steve Margetts Page 2 AN INTRODUCTION TO MARKET FAILURE Market failure
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Insurance holidays to businesses outside the South East and London. Big Society: Conservatives are currently trying to encourage volunteering‚ which is a scheme to bring together young people from different back grounds. The Conservatives have started training Community Organisers to identify local leaders and bring people together so that these people can act on what is most important to their community. A nuclear family is a universal term to describe a two generation combination/grouping usually
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differences. Both stories are similar in the importance of family ties and the way they view family‚ but differ in sibling relations. In “Sonny’s Blues”‚ the siblings want to recreate their brotherly bond again‚ but in “Everyday Use” there is no sign of healing the hole between Dee‚ Maggie‚ and Mama. First‚ we will look at the importance of family ties between both stories. In “Everyday Use” the characters have strong connections with family ties and their heritage. “Not ‘Dee‚’Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo
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This aspect of Maslow’s hierarchy involves emotionally based relationships in general‚ such as: * Friendship * Intimacy * Family Humans need to feel a sense of belonging and acceptance‚ whether it comes from a large social group‚ such as clubs‚ office culture‚ religious groups‚ professional organizations‚ sports teams‚ gangs‚ or small social connections (family members‚ intimate partners‚ mentors‚ close colleagues‚ confidants). They need to love and be loved (sexually and non-sexually) by
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Basic principles of conservatism: Conservatism a political and social philosophy that encourages retaining traditional social institutions. This political ideology disposed to preserve existing conditions‚ institutions and to restore traditional ones and limits change. Conservatism emphasizes on three principles; resistance to change‚ appreciation of the traditions and institutions of our culture and society and a preference of the security and comfort of the actual world ever the insecurities and
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branches that is micro and macroeconomics MICROECONOMICS: Micro means ‘Small’ so it indicates study of small economic units. The word micro is derived from a Greek word Mikroos. Microeconomics is the study of the economic system from the perspective of households and business firms; it focuses on the nature of individual consumption and production units within a particular market or economic system. Also Microeconomics is the study of decisions that people and organizations make with
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Microwave Transmission Basics Microwave Transmission Basics Table of Contents • MW Advantages • MW Frequency bands • MW Link elements • Antenna Radiation Pattern • MW Alarms Microwave Transmission Basics Features Advantages Rapid Deployment – A microwave link can be installed in as little as one day No right-of-way issues – Radio spans all obstacles such as roads‚ railways‚ etc.‚ avoiding any requirement to seek permissions that inevitably are costly and introduce time delays
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