4. Evergreen Fertilizer Company produces fertilizer. The company’s fixed monthly cost is $25‚000‚ and its variable cost per pound of fertilizer is $0.15. Evergreen sells the fertilizer for $0.40 per pound. Determine the monthly break-even volume for the company. 12. If Evergreen Fertilizer Company in Problem 4 changes the price of its fertilizer from $0.40 per pound to $0.60 per pound‚ what effect will the change have on the break-even volume? 14. If Evergreen Fertilizer Company increases
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international awards for his janitor fish biofuel. So‚ in this experiment‚ we want to add to the achievements of the MSHS students. In addition to the successful leather and biofuel‚ we want to test how effective janitor fish are as fertilizers. We will make another kind of fertilizer—one with no janitor fish remains—and test which is more effective. Statement of Problem and Objectives Using the background information above‚ our problem for
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The research of organic food Yining Wang— Victoria Northwood University 2011/12/01 The research of organic food Organic foods are foods that are produced without using modern synthetic inputs such as synthetic pesticides and chemical fertilizers. (Wikipedia‚ 2011‚ para. 1). Some people think organic foods are healthier than the traditional foods‚ some people oppose this opinion. The most important difference between organic foods and traditional foods is the farming method. The different
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Superphoshate is a fertilizer produced by the action of reacting concentrated sulfuric acid on ground phosphate rock. Calcium sulfate is a considerable waste produce of this process. Ca3 (PO4)2 + 2H2SO4 → Ca (H2PO4)2 + 2CaSO4Superphosphate used world wide by as a fertilizer the farming industry and gardeners. It increases plant production by as much as 106% as long as the plants are getting the required amount of water for normal plant growth. Super phosphate does little if nothing if there is no
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that are among the clusters in Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. The increase of individual types of bacteria in the ammonia-oxidizing bacterial communities in soil are also influenced by the type of fertilizers either chemical fertilizers and organic manure type fertilizer. Mixtures of organic and chemical fertilizers had a synergistic effect on the rates and shift of the main nitrogen fixing bacterias‚ Nitrosomonas communis and Nitrosospira clusters. Ph of the soil also has an effect on the ammonia oxidizing
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comprise declining natural resources‚ degradation‚ land erosion and urbanization. One of the possible methods of solving the problem of hunger and famine caused by rapid population growth is using fertilizers in agriculture. There are some advantages of using fertilizers. First of all fertilizers are compounds given to plants to promote growth. So the main goal can be achieved‚ food output increases significantly. Nowadays‚ mostly Asian countries are
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watering washes away the nutrients of the soil leaving your plants weak and unhealthy. 3. Save Money on Fertilizer A rain sensor prevents you from overwatering your plants and lawn. When a plant is overwatered‚ the nutrients from the turf wash away into the drainage system. You have to compensate by adding more fertilizers to your lawn and plants. This means spending more money on fertilizers. With a rain sensor that effectively prevents your lawn irrigation system from overwatering your lawn
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Agricultural and suburban areas are the main culprits as excess fertilizer and pesticides from fields and lawns are washed away in urban runoff and travel to our oceans by stormdrain. The nutrients in fertilizers and pesticides are overfeeding the algae‚ producing toxic algal blooms that expel poisonous
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the bad side affects of modern agriculture. Organic farming is a form of agriculture that relies on techniques such as crop rotation‚ green manure‚ compost and biological pest control. Organic farming uses fertilizers and pesticides but excludes the use of manufactured (synthetic) fertilizers‚ pesticides‚ plant growth regulators such as hormones‚ livestock antibiotics‚ food additives‚ genetically modified organisms‚ human sewage sludge‚ and nanomaterials. (“Introduction to Organic Farming”) Although
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Exercise 9 1. A farmer wanted to find the relationship between the amount of fertilizer used and the yield of corn. He selected seven acres of his land on which he used different amounts of fertilizer to grow corn. The following table gives the amount of fertilizer (in pounds) used and the yield of corn (in bushels)for each of the seven acres. Fertilizer Used (x) 120 80 100 70 88 75 110 Yield of Corn(y) 138 112 129 96 119 104 134 a. Find the least squares regression line. a. Calculate r and r2
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