Science & Mathematics in Medieval Islamic Cultures Introduction: There were astonishing (surprising) achievements by Muslim scholars (people who study‚ students) and scientists during the period from approximately 750 to 1050 A.D. This period is called a "Golden Age" of the Islamic World. Great advances were made in the Abbasid Islamic Empire (with its capital in Baghdad) even up to 1258 when the Mongols invaded the empire and destroyed its capital. Great achievements also continued in Muslim Spain
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Teletech Case 15 1. How does Teletech Corporation currently use the hurdle rate? Teletech Corporation currently uses a single hurdle rate for both of their divisions. The divisions are Telecommunications Services and Products and Services. They use the hurdle rate based on the cost of capital which is a rough estimate of the Teletech’s WACC. They calculate it at 9.3% based on the cost of capital‚ beta‚ and WACC. 2. Please estimate the segments WACCs for Teletech (see worksheet Exhibit 1)
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The elements Dayna Lorentz‚ used in her book‚ No Safety In Numbers‚ were point of view‚ setting‚ and dramatic irony. The first‚ point of view‚ is told from the 3rd person multiple. This is odd‚ and not commonly used‚ however in this story it makes since to tell the story of multiple teens viewpoint‚ as each finds out more and more and adapts to this changing environment. As shown in this quote from page 149‚ “The girl was white as death. All Lexi had wanted was to get out of the store. She owed ginger
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DuPont Analysis: Playing The Numbers Game! The summary of this case is that a newly joined CFO of a company‚ Plastichem Inc.‚ was able to turn the company’s unfortunate situation around when he first arrived. Yet‚ five years later‚ Plastichem has gone through some difficult times including their stock price/ratings severely dropping with no understanding as to why. The case ends with the CFO attempting to figure out what went wrong with the numbers he was given. To determine the liquidity
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Reaction Paper: Numb3rs I have never been one to be fond of numbers. In fact‚ I am scared of them. Numbers especially with letters intimidate me. I normally tend to take for granted lessons that have passed. I study it‚ learn it‚ memorize it and that’s it. Ten points for me if I could actually remember and actually use those complicated equations in my day-to-day life. Though this may be the case‚ I find myself a bit more motivated when these mathematical figures be actually applied in real life
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|The Mayan Number System | |The Mayan number system dates back to the fourth century and was approximately 1‚000 years more advanced than the Europeans of that | |time. This system is unique to our current decimal system‚ which has a base 10‚ in that the Mayan’s used a vigesimal system‚ which | |had a base 20. This system is believed to have been used because‚ since the Mayan’s lived
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Mathematics Bridge Program ©2002 DeVry University Algebra Chapter 4 Solving Linear Equations 1. Definitions Linear Equation Solution Property of Equality 2. Solving Linear Equations Distributive Property Eliminating Fractions 3. Solving for One Variable in a Formula 4. Summary: Process for Solving Linear Equations 5. Worked out Solutions for Exercises 4.1 Definitions: Linear Equations: An equation is a statement
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hasn’t been long since our Prime Minister announced mobile number portability across the country. The main question still remains‚ why should someone change to a different operator? One (big) reason is that before MNP was actually announced‚ switching to another operator involved a procedure of submitting documents and in the end when you finally got your number‚ you had to inform family‚ friends and colleagues about the change. All that will now change with the introduction of MNP. Here is a
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CURRENT PROTECTION FUNCTIONS ANSI 50/51 – Phase over-current ANSI 50N/51N or 50G/51G – Earth fault or sensitive earth fault ANSI 50BF – Breaker failure ANSI 46 -Negative sequence / unbalance ANSI 49RMS – Thermal overload CURRENT PROTECTION FUNCTIONS ANSI 50/51 – PHASE OVERCURRENT Three-phase protection against overloads and phase-to-phase short-circuits. ANSI 50N/51N OR 50G/51G – EARTH FAULT Earth fault protection based on measured or calculated residual current values: ANSI 50N/51N:
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CHEMISTRY I Experiment 12: Avogadro’s number (hand out) Introduction: The objective of this experiment is to determine the value of Avogadro’s number and the mole concept via the use of the monolayer experiment. Experimental data sheet: Attached Calculations: 1. Area of monolayer A= 3.14(8.58 cm)² / 4 A= 231 cm² / 4 A = 57.8 cm² 2. Molecules of stearic acid in monolayer 57.8 cm² x 1molecule = 2.8 x 1016 molecules 2.1 x 10-15 cm²
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