Chapter 15 – Mankiw SOLUTIONS TO TEXT PROBLEMS: Quick Quizzes 1. A market might have a monopoly because: (1) a key resource is owned by a single firm; (2) the government gives a single firm the exclusive right to produce some good; or (3) the costs of production make a single producer more efficient than a large number of producers. Examples of monopolies include: (1) the water producer in a small town‚ who owns a key resource‚ the one well in town; (2) a pharmaceutical company that is given a patent
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joined by hydrogen bonds. Purines (with double ring) always bond with a pyrimidine (single ring). double helix Double spiral; three dimensional hydrogen bonding Hydrogen bonding between bases Describe DNA replication with reference to three basic steps: unzipping The hydrogen bonds between the paired bases break. The enzyme helicase causes the molecule to unwind (to lose its helix shape). complementary base pairing Free complementary nucleotides in nucleus move into place by complementary
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Premium to perform a clean install on a PC that already has Windows XP Professional installed? Yes What is the minimum amount of RAM needed to install Windows Vista? 512 MB How much space on the hard drive does it take to install Windows Vista? 15 GB If you are trying to set up a dual boot between Windows XP and Windows Vista‚ which OS do you install first? Windows XP How do you start the process to reinstall an OS on a laptop computer using the backup files stored on a recovery partition
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8.31.11 Basic Hydraulics-W @ 8:30 How to Read a Pressure gauge SI System-Metric-Pascals English System-psi kPa=Kilo Pascals 1 kPa=100 pascals 6.9 kPa=1 psi The range of a scale= 1->1000 psi(Range) A gauge could be off 50 lbs!!! The gauge could be wrong- but stated on each gauge 2 kinds of gauges 1. Pressure Gauge-a gauge that measures pressure 2. Flow System Study Guide 1 1. The power output device of a hydraulic system is known as the …ACTUATOR 2. The pressurized fluid used
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AP English Language and Composition Reading Time: 15 minutes Suggested Writing Time: 40 minutes Television has kept the world entertained for decades. Although this holds true‚ some believe the children watching are susceptible to inappropriate programs on television. Although there are guidelines to follow for television programming‚ these guidelines are sometimes ignored. Carefully read the following six sources‚ including the introductory information for each source. Then synthesize
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Basics of Statistics Jarkko Isotalo 30 20 10 Std. Dev = 486.32 Mean = 3553.8 N = 120.00 0 2400.0 2800.0 2600.0 3200.0 3000.0 3600.0 3400.0 4000.0 3800.0 4400.0 4200.0 4800.0 4600.0 5000.0 Birthweights of children during years 1965-69 Time to Accelerate from 0 to 60 mph (sec) 30 20 10 0 0 Horsepower 100 200 300 1 Preface These lecture notes have been used at Basics of Statistics course held in University
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method: cash and accrual - Using professional bookkeeping method: hiring specialist‚ qualified accountant or bookkeeper. - Separate personal and business finances - Ensuring employee and other categories are recorded accurately - Perform basic account reconciliation. - Implement adequate internal controls - Save receipts for small purchases - Know the difference between profit and cash flow - Rely also on a paper environment - Honour your cheques and GST 3. How can you ensure
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assume the supplier would supply more to further increase profits. Price and quantity exchanged in the market is a bit more complex than the previous statement . We will start off the analysis by looking at the law of supply. The law of supply is a basic economic principle that states firms are willing to supply larger quantities at higher prices. In retrospect‚ they will supply lesser quantities at lower prices. Supply is illustrated by an upward-sloping line due to this concept. *Insert supply
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Economics Basics: Elasticity The degree to which a demand or supply curve reacts to a change in price is the curve’s elasticity. Elasticity varies among products because some products may be more essential to the consumer. Products that are necessities are more insensitive to price changes because consumers would continue buying these products despite price increases. Conversely‚ a price increase of a good or service that is considered less of a necessity will deter more consumers because the opportunity
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Basic metabolism Topics covered today: 1. Concept of equilibrium and Gibb’s free energy 2. Catalysis 3. Energy carrier molecules 4. (reading: 65-88) Keeping a system organized requires energy * Maintain structures * Create-and re-create the building blocks * Reorganize/adapt * Two categories of metabolism * Catabolism: get energy by breaking down food (bimolecular). * Anabolic pathways: use energy to build molecules. Second law of thermodynamic
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