ECON 1020 Principles of Macroeconomics Assignment 1 Question 1 (10 marks) (a) The relative scarcity of resources makes the operation of any economy a matter of choosing between alternatives.” Explain. The world has limited resources and us‚ as people have unlimited wants. Therefore‚ we must constantly make decisions to choose what we would rather buy or produce and what we must give up in its consequence. This includes work and time. For example‚ studying for an exam late at night would give
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sample of people to perform basic driving skills while under the influence of large quantities of alcohol‚ the null hypothesis would be that consuming alcohol has no effect on an individual’s ability to drive. In statistics‚ a result is said to be statically significant if it is unlikely to have occurred by chance. In such cases the null hypothesis cannot be shown to be true. The most common significance level to show that a finding is good enough to be believed is 0.05 or 5%. This is that the null
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Bhaskara II is a well-known mathematician of ancient India. He was born in 1114 AD in Vijayapura‚ India. Bhaskara II is also known as Bhaskaracharya‚ which means "Bhaskara the Teacher". His father Mahesvara was as an astrologer‚ who taught him mathematics‚ which he later passed on to his son Loksamudra. Bhaskara II was the head of the astronomical observatory at Ujjain‚ the chief mathematical center of ancient India. It goes to the credit of Varahamihira and Brahmagupta‚ the leading mathematicians
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BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY Task-1 1.1 Explain the quality control testing before you allow starting the concreting work for the foundation‚ columns‚ slab and beams. There are two main tests to be done on concrete The slump test: the slump test shows the workability of concrete. The compression test: the compression test shows the best possible strength Concrete can reach in perfect conditions. Testing should always be done carefully. Wrong test results can be costly. SAMPLING The first step
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The World Trade Center Height: 1‚368 and 1‚362 feet (417 and 415 meters) Owners: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Architect: Minoru Yamasaki‚ Emery Roth and Sons consulting Engineer: John Skilling and Leslie Robertson of Worthington‚ Skilling‚ Helle and Jackson Ground Breaking: August 5‚ 1966 Opened: 1970-73; April 4‚ 1973 ribbon cutting Destroyed: September 11‚ 2001 The World Trade Center was more than its signature twin towers: it was a complex of seven buildings on 16-acres
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Abstract: Background: In the past two decades there have been major advancements in the diagnosis‚ treatment and prognosis of acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Biomarkers have played a crucial role in assessing the prognosis of ACS‚ cardiac troponins are still the biomarkers of choice; recently Amino-terminal pro-BNP (NT-pro-BNP) is suggested to be beneficial in measuring prognosis of the disease. NT-pro-BNP primarily arose as influential prognostic biomarker in numerous cardiovascular diseases most
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Class Notes for CJ 352_Spring 2011 History Instructor: Marcos L. Misis (ABD) . 1 HISTORY OF CORRECTIONS IN AMERICA Early History of Corrections • Codified punishment for offenders was developed in the early ages of human history. • One of the earliest known written codes that specified different types of offenses and punishments was the Code of Hammurabi in 1750 B.C. The Code of Hammurabi was divided into sections to cover different types of offenses and contained descriptions
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following‚ supporting laws and order‚ education‚ structure‚ belief and confidence. American colonist independence allowed man to segregate by gender‚ money‚ ethnicity‚ and environment by living status. Today most successful Americans‚ are viewed as a statically
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they tell us that the key is that teenagers grow up in a warm and caring environment with a lot of parents or adults interacting in the children and teenagers life. But the text also states that it does not have to be a nuclear family‚ although statically a married and biological family does better than other families like a cohabit family or a single-parent family. I think that the statement that social skills are as important‚ if not more important‚ than academic qualifications is true‚ because
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Seatwork 1. An aluminum tube is rigidly fastened between a bronze and steel rod as shown. Axial loads are applied at the position indicated. Determine the stress in each material. 2. Two bars are equal length but different materials are suspended from a common support‚ bar A supports 200lbs and bar B supports 2000lbs‚ if the cross sectional area of bar A is 0.00015ft2 and bar B is 0.015ft2‚ compare the strength of bar A and bar B in psi. Assignment 1. A timber shown in figure with
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