Chicago to Raise Cigarette Tax Source: Chicago Sun Times Accessed: November 23‚ 2013 Posted: November 21‚ 2013 Word Count: 748 Written: November 25‚ 13 Microeconomics The city council in Chicago‚ Illinois is discussing a raise to the tax on cigarettes in an effort to cut the amount of people who start smoking each year. This type of tax is called a Pigouvian tax (meant to limit consumption of a good). Currently‚ the cigarette tax has been stuck at 68 cents a pack since 2006 and the
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Percent: Percent to fraction: x% = x/100 Percentage formula: Rate/100 = Percentage/base Rate: The percent. Base: The amount you are taking the percent of. Percentage: The answer obtained by multiplying the base by the rate Consumer math formulas: Discount = list price × discount rate Sale price = list price − discount Discount rate = discount ÷ list price Sales tax = price of item × tax rate Interest = principal × rate of interest × time Tips = cost of meals × tip
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Trees at the Arctic Circle. In the poem “Trees at the Arctic circle”‚ the author Al Purdy provides a description of dwarf plants that manage to grow above the tree line on Baffin Island‚ a Canadian territory. The topics of this poem are very mundane as he uses different types of trees to illustrate truths about the human condition‚ and in particular about life in the Arctic. However‚ Purdy ’s true goal is to remind the reader that humans are judgmental creatures and that it is only once you
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MATH PORTFOLIO NUMBER OF PIECES Kanishk Malhotra 003566-035 (May 2012) In physics and mathematics‚ the ‘DIMENSION’ of a space or object is informally defined as the minimum number of coordinates needed to specify each point within it. Thus a line has a dimension of one because only one coordinate is needed to specify a point on it. A surface such as a plane or the surface of a cylinder or sphere has a dimension of two because two coordinates are needed to specify a point on it (for
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IB Physics Internal Assessment Andy Tang Research Question In this internal assessment‚ I am given a cantilever to find the physical properties of it. I decide to investigate the relationship between the force I act on one side of the cantilever and the maximum acceleration the tail can reach. This experiment will be also showing the elasticity of the cantilever. Since I pull down one side of it and fixed the other side‚ when I cut the string‚ it will bounce up and down until all the internal
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Circle the correct answers. The Phoenicians At the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea‚ between the northern shores of Arabia and the great peninsula of Asia Minor‚ is the narrow coastline of Syria. In ancient times‚ round about 1000 B.C.‚ the northern part of this coast was occupied by the Phoenicians‚ one of the most important of the ancient peoples. They had come from overseas‚ and in time had mixed with the native people‚ who were of the same race as the Hebrews‚ their inland neighbours. Phoenicia
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activities and honors and credentials of the graduates. This report also discusses the factors affecting the employability of IA graduates and explores the relevance of the skills gained in the course of studies. The dif¬ferences of employment experiences‚ internship‚ gender and age groups were highlighted throughout the report. In the end it elicits recommendations on how IA graduates can raise their profiles internationally and enhance their employability. The findings of the study will be useful
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards and Math Lessons In the following essay there will be four lesson plans discussed from four different websites. All of the lessons concentrate on the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Standards for Number Sense and Operations. The four lessons will be analyzed using the following criteria; the NCTM Standards‚ the use of differentiated instruction and the use of manipulative. The four lessons that will be looked into focus
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Literature Circle Role SUMMMARIZER Name: Angelika Faith S. Gabiola Year & Section: III – Chlorine Literature Circle Name: Date: September 23‚2012 Title of the book: The Tragedy of Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark Author: William Shakespeare Chapters/Pages: 5-119 Summarizer: Your job is to prepare a brief summary of today’s reading. Your group discussion will start with 1-2 minute statement that covers the key points‚ main
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Economics IA Commentary Coversheet Economics Commentary Number: | HL Number 1 | Title of Extract: | UK Unemployment | Source of Extract: | HRM – Human Resource Management | Date of Extract: | 11th of November 2009 | Word Count: | 661 | Date Commentary was written: | 28/11/2009 | Section of Syllabus that the Commentary relates to: | Section 3.5 - Unemployment | Candidate Name: | Yuriy Boldyrev | Candidate Number: | 001124003 | *Note: Commentaries should be read in chronological
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