ANSWERS 391 ANSWERS Chapter 9 9.1 9.2 1.8 (a) From the given graph for a stress of 150 × 106 N m-2 the strain is 0.002 (b) Approximate yield strength of the material is 3 × 108 N m-2 9.3 (a) Material A (b) Strength of a material is determined by the amount of stress required to cause fracture: material A is stronger than material B. 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 (a) False (b) True 1.5 × 10-4 m (steel); 1.3 × 10-4 m (brass) Deflection
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A Reflection on “The Story of an Hour” Rose Rankin Shashonda Porter ENG 125 December 12th‚ 2011 A Reflection on “The Story of an Hour” Summary The short story “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin was written in 1894. In the beginning of the story‚ we discover that Mrs. Louise Mallard has a heart condition‚ but she is also said to be young. Which to me seemed odd‚ but I overlooked this detail so that I could continue the story. Mrs. Mallard’s sister Josephine and Mrs. Mallard’s husband friend
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women were compared to men during the late eighteen hundreds in her short story entitled‚ “The Story of An Hour “. At the beginning of the story the main character‚ Mrs. Louise Mallard has a heart condition. Due to her illness‚ her sister Josephine and her husband’s friend Richards has the hard task to tell Louise that her husband Brently Mallard has died in a train wreck. During this first hour Mrs. Mallard experiences the sorrow of her husband’s death and the loneliness she would feel‚ but also
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Plot summary The main character is Mrs. Mallard‚ who has a heart condition. One day‚ Mr. Mallard’s friend‚ Richards‚ learns that Mr. Mallard has died in a railroad disaster. Mrs. Mallard’s sister Josephine tries to break the news to Mrs. Mallard softly because of her heart condition. Upon hearing the news‚ Mrs. Mallard begins weeping‚ a reaction that Chopin notes as different from most women‚ who would refuse to believe it. Mrs. Mallard soon locks herself in a room with a window‚ hurls herself
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In the passage‚ Nancy Mairs suffers from multiple sclerosis yet she feels no sympathy for herself. She chooses to face her inability to use any of her limbs‚ something the society around her fails to do. By calling herself a “cripple” Mairs presents herself as a straight forward‚ strong individual. Mairs decides she doesn’t want to sugar coat what she really is‚ instead face the truth about herself: “Perhaps I want them to wince. I want them to see me as a tough customer‚ one to whom the fates/gods/viruses
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Chapter 2: National Income Accounting Difficulty: Easy 1. In calculating this year’s GDP‚ national income accountants A) include any increase in stock values B) include an estimate for income from illegal activities C) exclude Social Security payments to retirees D) exclude the value of any repairs made on existing property E) exclude the value of new pollution control equipment that is being installed Ans: C Difficulty: Medium 2. Assume you built a new house‚ bought a used
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The idea of adding one and a half hours to the school day each day is an absolutely terrible idea. First‚ I fill that an extension to the school day will bring no benefits to students or staff. If an extra hour and a half get added to the school day there will be no other time for extracurricular activities. Sports‚ clubs‚ and meetings will be very hard to attend because there will hardly be any time. Also there is so much stress put onto students and staff already‚ so if even more time gets
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of his book‚ Outliers that‚ “The emerging picture from such studies is that ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated with being a world class-expert--- in anything.” There are several people who disagree with his thinking. Although I agree with Gladwell partially that lots of practice can lead to mastery of skills‚ I don’t agree with his thoughts that 10‚000 hours makes you a world class expert in “anything” because of articles I have read and my own personal
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Hour of a Story When people with a low need for cognition read The Story of an Hour‚ they may think that Mrs. Mallard’s death was the result of a heart condition in correlation with a sudden surprise of her living husband. I believe that a heart condition is not completely to blame‚ as Mrs. Mallard was beginning to visualize and enjoy a future of free life without the governing hands of her husband. The site of Mr. Mallard stunned her‚ and forever killed away the illusions she had just dreamed up
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What I did for my CAS hours was summiting a drawing for a holiday poster contest and joining the girl’s tennis team.The purposes of the experience were to undertake new challenges‚ knowing my limits‚ develop new skills and much more. I learned and obtained many things by completing the CAS hours. Joining the girl’s tennis team provides me physical rewards because the team members and I had to exercise continuously 4 days for a week‚ which I’m not used to engaging in physical activities before. I
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