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    Correct; it is compounding! False Total 5.00 / 5.00 Question Explanation All about compounding! Question 3 (5 points) Shawn wants to buy a new telescope. He estimates that it will take him one year to save the money and that the telescope will cost $200. At an interest rate of 6%‚ how much does Shawn need to set aside today to purchase the telescope in one year? (Enter just the number without the $ sign or a comma) Answer for Question 3 You entered: Your Answer Score Explanation 189 Correct

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    What Is the Universe?

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    of various types of rocks and life forms. The human species inhabits the Earth. Humans can tell the position of the Earth‚ in terms of the Universe‚ by using tools such as telescopes. Humans can conclude that the Earth is in a specific galaxy based upon the surrounding planets and stars. Using tools such as robots and telescopes deepen our understanding of the position of the Earth. Geology is the study of the Earth and humans also use geological tools to study how the earth was formed and how it

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    lens is Rights and responsibility. It says that I think thoroughly through a problem and options before taking action and choosing a decision-making strategy. That’s probably more often in some cases. I notice a symbol for this lens is the Telescope. On a telescope you look beyond to determine what you can do‚ need to do. I can say that this implies all the possible options leading to a stronger decision making strategy for others and me. My blind spot - Belief that motive justifies method - says because

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    sample problem for speed

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    Sample Problems for Speed: 1. Calculate the speed of a dog running through a field if he is covering 23.7 meters in 54 seconds. 2. If a cross country runner covers a distance of 347 meters in 134 seconds‚ what is her speed? 3. What is the speed of a baseball that travels 49 meters in 2.4 seconds? 4. What is the speed of the horse that runs a distance of 250 meters in 3.5 seconds? 5. The girl runs 136 meters in 30 seconds. What is her total speed?

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    has worked some “magical” miracles. John gets into town to find that there is no sign of the little old man that stands on the corner. He goes to the top of the tallest building and looks around with a telescope and still can’t find him when all of a sudden some bright beam shines into his telescope and knocks him off the roof. He was falling thirty stories when out of thin air the little old man pops up and catches him. They go back to John’s cave and talk over a hot cup of tea. He asked the little

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    Astronmy vs. Astrology

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    credited to the astronomers who worked diligently over time using new and improved tools of technology such as telescopes‚ to predict accurately‚ the way that our universe works. Today’s astronomers have technology at their disposal that predecessors didn’t have‚ and it shows. Today‚ we have satellites in orbit that gather data‚ and sends that data back to earth to scientists. There are telescopes that are so strong that scientist can collect data from stars and other constellations‚ without ever leaving

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    Julie Wakefield explains‚ “Uranus possesses a long history of intrigue. The mysterious fleck befuddled Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). Among the first to point a telescope toward the heavens‚ the keen Italian observer likely spotted the faint pearl about a decade into the 17th century‚ but Galileo assumed it was a star‚ much as he had dismissed Neptune. Britain’s first Royal Astronomer‚ John Flamsteed (1646-1719)‚

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    The podcast OffShore describes the discourse surrounding surrounding the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on a dormant volcano in Hawaii named Mauna Kea. Cronon’s “The Trouble with Wilderness” describes the environmental implications of what constitutes as the wild. The speakers present in Offshore language when describing nature as interpersonal while the Romantic Writers Cronon cites describe nature as inhuman and divine. The speakers interviewed in OffShore explain the kinship felt

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    Exoplanets

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    new class of extrasolar planets proposed‚ called the chthonian planets‚ as the cores of these giant planets are primarily comprised of evaporated gas. In the July 10th issue of The Astrophysical Journal it has been reported that the Hubble Space Telescope astronomers have confirmed the existence of a tortured‚ baked object that they are calling a cometary planet. Now‚ observations by the new Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) aboard NASA ’s Hubble suggest that powerful stellar winds are sweeping the

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    characters‚ however his specs symbolize something greater. The pair of glasses are used as a symbol of the power of science and intellectual strength. The significance of Piggy’s specs is first realized when the boys use it as a method to start a fire by refracting it with the sun. Golding describes this instance stating‚ “His voice rose to a shriek of terror as Jack snatched the glasses off his face” (55). Piggy was obviously not a fan of the idea of using his specs as a way of fire. However‚ over the course

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