RATIONAL NUMBERS In mathematics‚ a rational number is any number that can be expressed as the quotient or fraction p/q of two integers‚ with the denominator q not equal to zero. Since q may be equal to 1‚ every integer is a rational number. The set of all rational numbers is usually denoted by a boldface Q it was thus named in 1895 byPeano after quoziente‚ Italian for "quotient". The decimal expansion of a rational number always either terminates after a finite number of digits or begins to repeat the
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Counting Number : Is number we can use for counting things: 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ ... (and so on). Does not include zero; does not include negative numbers; does not include fraction (such as 6/7 or 9/7); does not include decimals (such as 0.87 or 1.9) Whole numbers : The numbers {0‚ 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ ...} There is no fractional or decimal part; and no negatives: 5‚ 49 and 980. Integers : Include the negative numbers AND the whole numbers. Example: {...‚ -3‚ -2‚ -1‚ 0‚ 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ ...} Rational numbers: It can
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Going for the Look In today’s younger‚ trendy‚ fashion stores‚ people are being hired for their looks and less because of their brains. Marshal Cohen‚ a senior industry analyst‚ argues about why hiring better looking people helps a store’s environment. Making a certain brand more desirable to buy‚ meaning the company shall make more money. Stores such as Abercrombie and Fitch have already set their image using this technique and have become quite successful. Hiring attractive people is not
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college “According to a report by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education‚ median family income rose 147% between the years 1982 and 2007; meanwhile‚ college tuition rose 439% during that same time span.” (College Tuition Costs). Increasing college tuition has almost tripled the present of income in the majority of households. It seems as if there is no limit in sight on how high a college can raise their tuition. In the 2008-09 school year an average four-year public college increased
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The movie The Spectacular Now directed by James Ponsoldt is an emotional but realistic movie about Sutter Keely who is afraid of growing up so believes he should be ”… in living in the now”. Sutter is a high school senior who is popular‚ loves his job‚ is the life of the party and has no plans for the future. After getting drunk one night he wakes up on a lawn with Amy Finicky hovering over him‚ she is quite‚ not popular‚ never had a boyfriend and unlike Sutter she has dreams. Although the two of
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Bubbling fluidized bed boiler or Circulating fluidized bed boiler? Boiler engineers can choose between two main types of fluidized-bed boilers—bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) and circulating fluidized bed (CFB). In BFB boilers the velocity of the combustion air is low enough that the fluidized particles remain in the lower furnace; in a CFB unit the velocity is greater and hot particles are circulated through the entire range of the boiler combustion zone. The fuel is in contact with the particles
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equivalent decimal values for presentation to or input from humans; computer programs express literals in decimal by default. (123.1‚ for example‚ are written as such in a computer program‚ even though many computer languages are unable to encode that number precisely.) Both computer hardware and software also use internal representations which are effectively decimal for storing decimal values and doing arithmetic. Often this arithmetic is done on data which are encoded using some variant of binary-coded
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Most movies today‚ are pointless and are a waste of money‚ compared to how movies used to be with an interesting storyline and perhaps inspiring lesson learned. The movie‚ 50 First dates‚ is an inspiring‚ romantic comedy about how having hope inspires to accomplish the impossible. It stars Adam Sandler (Henry)‚ Drew Barrymore (Lucy) and Rob Schneider (Ula). Henry is a veterinarian at Sea Life Park in Hawaii. He has a reputation of womanizing female tourists‚ and shows no interest in a serious relationship
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Going for the Look Times continue to change and today people tend to judge a person on how they look. Companies are becoming more competitive and are looking for ways to attract customers. More retailers and companies are using the approach to hire based on appearance rather than work capability. Hiring should be based on work ethic‚ rather than appearance which can be discriminating. Companies all over the United States are denying people employment based on their physical appearance. In the
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Televisions have been the portal to entertainment and information for centuries. The television was once considered something that was pure science fiction‚ but was brought to reality by a number of inventors and scientist. The TV has evolved in many ways since its existence‚ from bringing you entertainment and news‚ to now allowing you to play today’s hottest video game consoles‚ searching the world wide web and enjoying a movie in a theater. The visual graphics have changed from poor black and white signals
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