St Atanagio is a remote island in the Atlantic. The inhabitants grow corn and breed poultry. The accompanying table shows the maximum annual output combinations of corn and poultry that can be produced. Obviously‚ given their limited resources and available technology‚ as they use more of their resources for corn production‚ there are fewer resources available for breeding poultry. Maximum annual output options Quantity of Corn (pounds) Quantity of Poultry (pounds) 1 1200 0 2 1000 300
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1. PRINCIPES OF ECONOMICS-MANKIEW CHAPTER 1- QUESTION FOR REVIEW (18) No 3. What is inflation and what causes it? = Inflation is an increase in the overall level of prices in the economy. Inflation happen because culprit is growth in the quantity o money when a government creates larges quantities of the nation’s money‚ the value of the money. No 5. Explain the two main causes of market failure and give an example of each! = Externality‚ is the impact of one person’s action on the well being
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Experiment 6: Microbial Cultivation Objectives: To successfully cultivate microorganisms from different sources to medium. Materials: Broth‚ Agar‚ Sterilized cotton swab‚ Procedure: 1) Get your broth with cotton swab inside containing your bacteria. 2) Remove the cotton and flame sterilize the mouth of the testtube. 3) Get your cotton swab inside‚ flame sterilize again the mouth of the testtube then plug it with cotton. 4) Grab the inverted plated media and flame sterilize the
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Econ 2200 Midterm #1 fall 2011 Section I Answer Four of the following six questions. Each question is worth 5 points. a. What is the difference between the Income Effect and a Change in Income? b. True or False: The slope of the budget line represents the rate at which the consumer is willing to trade one good for another at any given bundle. Explain. c. An Engel curve can be both positively and negatively sloped‚ why does this happen? d. What do we mean by the term “Consumer Surplus”? e
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Opportunity cost of an activity (or goods) is equal to the best next alternative foregone. Although opportunity cost can be hard to quantify‚ the effect of opportunity cost is universal and very real on the individual level. In fact‚ this principle applies to all decisions‚ not just economic ones. Since the work of the Austrian economist Friedrich von Wieser‚ opportunity cost has been seen as the foundation of the marginal theory of value[citation needed]. Opportunity cost is one way to measure
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QUESTION 1 a. A downward-sloping demand curve shows in both graphs when the quantity at each price is doubled what it was. However‚ the curve in demand for pharmaceutical drugs is drawn with a relatively steep slope as inelastic products. Equilibrium price down-sloping along the demand curve while quantity in both market increased to some extent. b. In inelastic demand of pharmaceutical drugs‚ the percentage change in price is greater than the percentage change in quantity demanded. While in elastic
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Macro Economic System and its Management. 1. Macro Economic Concerns: • Micro vs Macro Economics. • Major Building Blocks of Macro Economics: 1) AD & AS 2) Four Sectors: HHS‚ BS‚ GS & FTS 3) Two Markets: Commodity Market and Money Market. • Specific issues to be addressed in Macro Economics: o Rising Prices o Rising Unemployment o Falling GDP o Balance of Payments Crisis. • Tools of Macro Economic Policy and Management:
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INTRODUCTION: The micro Environment The micro environment refers to the forces that are close to the company and affect its ability to serve its customers. It includes the company itself‚ its suppliers‚ marketing intermediaries‚ customer markets and publics. The business can take control over all challenges and influences in the micro environment. BODY: 1.1.1)Vision The vision of the business is what the business aims to achieve. It sets out where a business needs to go to be
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REVISION COMMON TYPES OF MICROBES 1 BACTERIA Difference between Gram Positive and Gram Negative Shapes of bacteria and examples What shapes have you learnt? GRAM STAIN: The process! You should work on your lab notes. LECTURE 2 GRAM STAIN Developed by a Danish called Christian Gram in 1884 Stain a heat-fixed smear with a dye like crystal violet and fix with Iodine Then wash with ethanol or acetone Finally counterstain with a dye of different colour such as safranin (what is its colour
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Dr. Kris De Jaegher Extra Material complementing Pindyck and Rubinfeld Chapter 2 Learning Objectives 1. Understand the meaning of demand and supply curves‚ and see how equilibrium is established; 2. Understand the meaning of the slope and intercepts of demand (and supply) curves; 3. Understand the difference between movements along demand and supply curves‚ and shifts of demand and supply curves; 4. Understand the effect of price ceilings and price floors; 5. Understand
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