THE WORK DONE BY A CONSERVATIVE FORCE ALWAYS HAS FOUR PROPERTIES: 1. It can be expressed as the difference between the initial and final values of a potential-energy function. 3. It is independent of the path of the body and depends only on the starting and ending points. 2. It is reversible. 4. When the starting and ending points are the same‚ the total work is zero. The total mechanical energy ME = K + U is constant. Object moving in a uniform gravitational field gravitational a
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Altamirano 1 Victor J. Altamirano Professor Powers Business and its Publics 25 February 2012 Subsidizing Profits In contemporary United States policy‚ the conception of free market principles result in negative externalities for the public as well as market inefficiencies. To address these issues‚ the government has developed methods to sway commercial enterprise and its services through taxes and subsidies. Taxes are used to discourage certain transactions and production operations
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Hebrews and their life style contributed to the world’s civilization greatly. It was‚ to say the least‚ tremendous. Mainly recorded in the Old Testament you get to see how the Hebrews lived their lives‚ and it all started with Abraham leading his family to the promised land of Canaan. Reading through their struggles and their experience of greatness has really opened my eyes. In the past I have learned about Moses‚ Abraham‚ Solomon‚ the Ten Commandments‚ the Israelites escape from Pharaoh‚ and in
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Is Yearly Schooling Beneficial to Students? Among Schoolchildren‚ by Tracy Kidder‚ could not be summed up by describing a fifth grade classroom in Holyoke‚ Massachusetts. Kidder has underlying messages about education that is placed in the characters experiences throughout the book. The author does not only show how the teacher interacts with the students‚ but how she reacts to different situations she encounters throughout the school year. Whether the encounters are horrible or joyful‚ Mrs. Zajac
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The Right Way to Recognize Revenue Learn the components of SAB 101 and mistakes to look out for. BY THOMAS J. PHILLIPS JR.‚ MICHAEL S. LUEHLFING AND CYNTHIA M. DAILY More than half of the financial reporting frauds among “A U.S. public companies from 1987 to 1997 involved overstating revenue‚ according to a study conducted by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Auditors have always focused on possible revenue recognition overstatement in financial
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Gross National Happiness Question Two: GDP and HDI are at odds with GNH on the one level that highlights the immeasurable but important positives of life. As stated‚ GDP seeks to measure social welfare on the basis of economic prosperity in terms of the nation’s success (and thus‚ capacity) to produce goods/services. GNH on the other hand measures just that; the holistic approach to happiness‚ ie‚ mental well being independent of materialistic objects of prosperity. The problem therefore
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school and you see that there’s not much requirements to get into these schools as long as you have money for tuition. Those are what you call for-profit schools. Now the question is are these schools actually good for you? Can they help you in the long run or just give you classes and you’re on your own after you get the degree. I feel that for-profit schools should not be federally regulated because these colleges provide opportunities for students ignored and rejected by traditional colleges‚ they
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that can exist on this wire? A B C D E 5. 0.25 m 0.50 m 1.0 m 2.0 m 4.0 m A thin converging lens of focal length 20 cm is used to shape light from a lamp filament into a parallel beam. Which of the following is closest to the required distance between the lamp filament and the lens? A B C D E 5.0 cm 10 cm 20 cm 40 cm 80 cm 2 6. A metallic sphere of radius 1.0 cm is charged with 1.0x109 electrons in air. Which of the
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“Plain the role and importance of the different types of Margins imposed by the NSE in Derivatives Trading” The Trading of currency futures is subject to maintaining initial‚ extreme loss‚ and calendar spread margins and the clearing corporations of the exchanges (In the case of NSE it is NSCCL) should ensure maintenance of such margins by the participants based on the guidelines issued by SEBI from time to time. The clearing corporation acts as counterparty to all contracts traded on the
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if firm 1 builds 2 plants and firm 2 builds 4 plants‚ the market price will be 9 − (2 + 4) = 3 per unit. At this price firm 1 will make a profit of 2 × 3 − 2 × 3.5 = −1 while firm 2 will make a profit of 4×3−4×3.5 = −2. Assume‚ no firm will build more than 4 plants. Cost (Q) = 3.5 * Q Price = 9 -(Q1+Q2) 1. Set up a 4-by-4 table that records the profits of each firm for each possible choice of the number of plants to build. Then‚ use your table to answer the questions below. Price Firm
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