Factor of safety and probability of failure Introduction How does one assess the acceptability of an engineering design? Relying on judgement alone can lead to one of the two extremes illustrated in Figure 1. The first case is economically unacceptable while the example illustrated in the drawing on the right violates all normal safety standards. Sensitivity studies The classical approach used in designing engineering structures is to consider the relationship between the capacity C (strength
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The contingency tables and relative frequency probabilities in this exercise are based on the Springdale Shopping Survey database. Information like that gained from the two parts of this exercise could provide helpful insights into the nature of the respondents‚ their perceptions‚ and their spending behaviors. In particular‚ part 2 examines how conditional probabilities related to spending behavior might vary‚ depending on the gender of the respondent. Based on the relative frequencies for responses
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STAT ACTIVITY 1. A multiple-choice quiz has 15 questions‚ each with 4 possible answers of which only 1 is the correct answer. What is the probability that sheer guesswork yields exactly 10 correct answers at least 1 correct answer at most 1 correct answers 8 to 10 correct answers Mean and variance of the r.v.X=no.of correct answers 2. Suppose that airplane engines operate independently in flight and fail with probability 1/5. Assuming that a plane makes a safe flight if at
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things have been as harsh and heartbreaking as the events during the Holocaust. One of the pieces of writing that explains the almost unspeakable cruelty that we call the Holocaust is in a Scholastic Scope article “Betrayed by America” by Kristen Lewis. It was about an eleven year old boy who was in a concentration camp‚ he went through a hard time but when the war was over and done with they gave him money and let him go. Another narrative on this event was about a young boy Ben and his Holocaust experience
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Introduction I have taken for my study one chapter from the book Marx and human nature by Norman Geras. In the second chapter Norman Geras deals with the human nature and historical materialism. Although many Marxists denied Marx’s theory of human nature that there was a human nature to be found in Marx’s words‚ there is in fact a Marxist conception of human nature which remains‚ to some degree‚ constant throughout history and across social boundaries. The sixth of the Theses on Feuerbach provided
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there is a large quantity of evidence missing from this investigation‚ no real conclusion can be drawn about how or why Stanley Harrison died‚ only many different scenarios can be assumed. What Has Been Learnt About Historical Explanation and Method What I have learnt about historical explanation is that you cannot always be one hundred per cent right about what has happened. For example; during a war there are two sides‚ the side that is portrayed as the “good guys” and the side that is seen as
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Jewish lives were changed in a matter of months‚ Jews were put in captivity and isolated from society. Historical Events were reflected in “TDOAF” by events like the invasion of the Netherlands‚ the Nuremberg laws‚ and the Normandy Invasion. The Diary of Anne Frank is a Drama which comes in two acts and is written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. In May of 1940‚ the Nazis invade the Netherlands and eventually set up the Gestapo. The Gestapo was a brutal police force which was used to isolate
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Learning Log Week -2 Lecture: In this lecture I had the understanding‚ why accounting bodies are so heavily regulated by the government. After the corporate collapse‚ accounting body lost the trust of public. Our work was not transparent and therefore‚ was no longer reliable. Regulator body such as ASIC‚ AASB‚ FRC and ASX are formed after the corporate collapse. ASIC is the corporate ‘watch dog’ who monitors FRC‚ AASB and office of AASB. Why we need regulation? Because it is human nature to
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The Salem Witch Trials was a historic event that occurred in Salem‚ Massachusetts in the year 1692 and lasted until 1693. It’s known to be a dark time in American History (Brooks‚ Historyof Massachusetts.org). It first began when a group of teenage girls were exposed of practicing witchcraft and it then lead to bigger things Innocent people were killed and others were treated poorly. More than 200 individuals were wrongfully blamed and 20 were executed for denying the accusations (Blumberg‚ Smithsonianmag
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In the selection‚ "Teaching History Through Fiction: Valuable or Dangerous" there are two different arguments on whether historical fiction should be used to teach history or not. The Point text‚ "There is Value in Teaching History Through Fiction" argues that teaching history by using fiction is great at making readers and students by interested in the topic and have the topic mean something to them. In paragraph one‚ the text says‚ "...fiction can make history matter—make it irresistible—to young
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