ANSWER (PART A) QUESTION 2 a) Labor force is defined as people from the total population between the age of 16 & 64 who are not in institutions and who are either employed or unemployed but seeking work. Those who are not in labor force are either in institutions or are voluntarily unemployed. Unemployment is made up of people who are currently not working but are looking for a job. b) Structural unemployment The portion of unemployment that is due to changes in the structure of the economy that
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1. (Resource Demand) How do firms and individuals determine if it ’s worth it to (a) invest in capital improvements‚ (b) hire additional workers‚ or (c) decide where to work? Briefly explain. Answer – Firms and individuals determine if it’s worth it to invest in capital improvements when the marginal product of capital is more than the interest paid on each unit of capital. Similarly‚ when the marginal product of labor is more than the wage rate of each unit of labor‚ until then the firms and individuals
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adolescents show the greatest changes. (3) Critical periods are the specific times when the development of certain characteristics is very sensitive to the interaction between physical and environmental influences. Feedback on question 2 The correct answer is alternative 3. Here it is important to keep the interactive nature of physical development and environmental influences in mind. Read the examples in your prescribed book (p. 18). After studying the discussion of critical or sensitive periods and
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The Winchester Mystery House is located in San Jose‚ California. It’s known for being one of the most confusing houses of all time. The house has doors that when opened‚ show nothing more than walls or even drops that are over 30 feet high. One in particular opens up above the kitchen sink. There are staircases that lead to nowhere and “sunroofs” in the floor. The house has over 1‚500 stained glass Tiffany windows. Some being where sun doesn’t even reach. So‚ what would drive someone to build such
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Male Speaker: This is a mystery story about Toby‚ Tabitha and the yellow monkey. It is the mystery of the moving rocks. One day‚ Toby‚ Tabitha and the yellow monkey were going to where there is some new construction and they had visited the day before. They had noticed some very pretty rocks off of the side of the road where they are building a new school. It wasn’t a house or anything like that‚ it was a new school. They decided that they were going to go play on the rocks that were right off
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I have two positive and one negative characteristic that define me as a person. Humorous‚ Athletic and Hot Tempered‚ being humorous brightens up dull moments are awkward moments during conversations‚ Athleticism helps me keep my body in shape and stays active for many other things‚ Hot Tempered is something that needs to be worked on as it can get me in some trouble with others who are also Hot Tempered as well. These Characteristics define my personality. My first positive trait is being Humorous
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ACS124: Modelling‚ analysis and control by J A Rossiter Tutorial sheet outline solutions TUTORIAL ANSWERS 1 Units in Modelling a) The lightest mass is 20 g. b) The shortest distance is 4.2 yards. c) The largest area is largest 8.7 ft2. d) The greatest volume is greatest 2 m3. e) The highest temperature is 300K. f) The smallest pressure is 7.8 bar. g) The smallest power is 5000 Btu/hr. Note: 1 slug = 37.17 lb‚ 1 Btu/s = 778 ft-lbf/s & 1 ft-lbf/s = 1.356 x 10-3 kW 1 Models can be
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Louis Armstrong “The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings” Louis Armstrong Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment “Little Louis” Armstrong was born — like so many who shaped American music — poor‚ black‚ and on the far side of the American Dream. His date of birth was August 4‚ 1901‚ although he believed that he was born on the Fourth of July‚ 1900. He never knew his father‚ who abandoned the family when Armstrong was an infant‚ and his mother‚ Maryann‚ worked at whatever jobs she could
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------------------------------------------------- Background of GAP GAP is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in San Francisco‚ California. It is a part of the group with the same namesake ‘The GAP‚ Inc’. It was founded in 1969 as a single store by Donald G. Fisher and wife Doris. The store’s merchandise consisted of Levi’s and “Long Playing” records; later they came up with their own private label in 1974. The GAP‚ Inc today is one of the world’s largest specialty retailers‚
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In his great book‚ The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else (1941‚ 2000)‚ Hernando de Soto said‚ “Much of the marginalization of the poor in developing and former communist nations comes from their inability to benefit from the six effect that property provides.” They are: (1) fixing the economic potential of assets‚ (2) integrating dispersed information into one system‚ (3) making people accountable‚ (4) making assets fungibles‚ (5) networking people
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