sale price of each flower at the purchase price plus 40%. Write and solve an equation to determine how many flowers they will need to sell to make a profit of $500. Use complete sentences to explain what each number and variable in your equation represents. Write your solution in the context of the original problem. x(.50*.40)=500 In this equation x represents the number of flowers they need to sell to make a profit of $500. The (.50*.40) represents the equation to find out the profit of each
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Aging and Disability Worksheet Part I Identify 2 or 3 issues faced by the aging population. 1. Lack of security for the future (social security dwindling) 2. Unable to afford being able to retire 3. Being alone Answer the following questions in 100 to 200 words each. Provide citations for all the sources you use. • What is ageism? How does ageism influence the presence of diversity in society? Ageism is prejudice or discrimination against a particular age-group
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Discourse communities are groups of people that share the same goals‚ ambitions‚ and equal beliefs. I believe that one single person can belong to many different discourse communities depending on who they are‚ on the inside. For example three discourse communities that I belong to are the Faulkner county sheriffs department‚ my church youth group‚ and my group of buddies I play video games with. Faulkner county’s sherrifs department was a big part of my career. Even though I don’t work in the jail
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Undershaft’s Religion "The greatest of our evils and the worst of our crimes is poverty"‚ a concept echoed in the character of Undershaft‚ which reflects part of George Bernard Shaw’s idea of life. At a younger age‚Undershaft had to choose between wealth and poverty and so it was a choice‚ as Shaw calls it in the preface‚ between "energetic enterprise and cowardly infamy". This is how we are introduced to Undershaft’s religion. Undershaft corrects his daughter‚ Barbra‚ when she
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Gender policing can range from a subtle discouragement of gender non-conformity to a verbal‚ even violent‚ assault on the person stepping outside the gender lines. Gender policing starts the moment we enter this world; for some‚ it never ends. These norms get passed down through our families and the hidden curriculum in our schools. Our peers tend to be the most merciless enforcers of these veiled gender regulations. Examples of bullying‚ harassing and hazing are prevalent on the news and social
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J/601/650 UNDERSTAND PHYSICAL DISABILITY A report by the Office of Population Census and Surveys has revealed that one in ten of the population has a disability of some form. It is therefore important to avoid stereotyping and treat this large section of society as people for whom disability is only one factor in their individuality. Because of old fashioned stereotyping and the labels that go with that ‚ people with disabilities can be put off or feel inadequate or unworthy of
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sex-appropriate was when I got my motorcycle licenses. This is a gender based prejudice example. Teasing or putting down females for engaging in activities that are stereotypically "male‚" such as learning to ride a motorcycle is wrong. According to the textbook‚ masculinity and femininity refer to traits believed to be characteristics of males and females. Gender is something that is taught‚ learned‚ emulated‚ and enforced. I feel that gender polarization is described in my activity as well‚ by being
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Faith Diversity Spirituality in Health Care HLT 310V July 28‚ 2013 Abstract This paper will include the spiritual perspective and critical components of healing within Buddhism‚ Hinduism‚ and Islamic cultures. This paper will include these cultures views on spiritual perspective on healing‚ the critical components of healing‚ such as prayer‚ meditation‚ belief‚ and the important issues when cared for by health care providers whose spiritual beliefs differ from their own. Then‚ how do these
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The film‚ The Truman Show centers on the life of Truman Burbank. At birth‚ a major television network legally adopts Truman‚ to be the unknowing star of a television series. His entire life is broadcasted‚ live to an audience of millions‚ through a complex series of hidden cameras. Christof‚ the omnipotent main figure behind The Truman Show‚ constructs an artificial world that revolves around Truman‚ entitled Seahaven‚ which is essentially just an extremely large television set. Everyone participating
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2B Irony The Stanger written by Albert Camus and The Truman Show both have irony in them. In the beginning their life is in a sense meaningless and nothing really to it. Trying to live a “normal” life is what they are striving for. Truman from The Truman Show and Meursault from The Stranger both have things that foreshadow their ultimate choices in life‚ which include symbolism‚ existential themes‚ and irony. In The Truman Show‚ there is irony present throughout the whole movie. During most
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