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    Significant Figures

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    Figures Even in this day and age with all of the equipment and technology available to us‚ whenever someone works with a numerical value that was given‚ measured‚ or calculated they can assume that it has some degree of uncertainty. There will always be some degree of uncertainty because as human beings we do not possess the skill to make exact measurements. Take for example if a group of students were performing in a lab and a step in the procedure was to measure a piece of metal. They were told

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    Viscosity

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    all the different C6H12O6 solutions for one reading | Pressure inside the burette | Controlled by always using the same burette | Procedure Apparatus * * H2O * C6H12O6 * 1 25cm3 measuring cylinder (uncertainty: ±0.5cm3) * 1 50cm3 burette(uncertainty: ±0.1cm3) * 5 25cm3 flasks + fitting bungs * 1 electric scale(±0.0005g) * 1 thermometer(±0.005 °C) * 1 stopwatch(±0.005s) * 1 water bath at 35°C (±5°C) Method In this experiment the concentration of

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    color to dye our hair may make us look beautiful or the wrong one‚ monstrous. Secondly‚ decision making is the process of sufficiently reducing uncertainty and doubt about alternatives to allow a reasonable choice to be made from among them. This definition stresses the information-gathering function of decision making. It should be noted here that uncertainty is reduced rather than eliminated. Very few decisions are made with absolute certainty because complete knowledge about all the alternatives

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    Turning Japanese Summary

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    In “Turning Japanese‚” Julavits aims to tell the story of her “post-college” life in Japan‚ mostly the eating experience‚ and the process of comprehending Zen-like words: emotional freedom accompanies with the awareness of the existence of uncertainty. It is through hers keeping finding American sweet that finally causes Julavits to grasp the essence of Zen-like words. At first‚ Julavits moved to Japan to reach higher level of existence while eating amazing food. Gradually‚ she began missing

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    Lab Format

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    Instructions: ➢ Everything that is written in red needs to be erased or replaced by your text. ➢ Use the hand outs and photocopies I have given you as a guide‚ but do not copy everything. The IB Lab Report Title – Be certain it reflects clearly what is being done in the lab. 1. Introduction In this section‚ include the background/theoretical information on which your investigation is based. Explain the theory behind the experiment or maybe how this experiment models what you

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    How to Write a Lab Report

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    How to write a lab report Let’s take as an example a free-fall experiment. You drop a small steel ball from various heights and use an electronic timer to measure how long it takes the ball to hit the ground. From this you calculate the final speed of the ball using v = 2x/t. You believe that the ball will have a constant acceleration of “g‚” 9.8 m/s2. This will be seen if you graph velocity vs. time and get a straight line with a slope of 9.8. You end up with a table of data giving distances

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    Case Study Toys

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    Principal of Management Case Study: Toys Galore The Case Toys Galore is a major manufacturer of toys which faces uncertainty about demand for its toys during the Christmas season. If there is a high demand for toys‚ and if Toys Galore: * Is fully able to meet this demand‚ then it makes additional revenue of $4m. * Is partly able to meet this demand‚ then it makes additional revenue of $3m * Is able only to supply at a low level‚ then it makes no additional revenue.

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    Fafco Case

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    the Transaction Cost Theory‚ since there is a high level of uncertainty between Hercules and Fafco as well as problems renegotiating‚ Fafco should vertically integrate. The uncertainty is probably a result of the rapid growth Fafco is experiencing. This rapid growth is causing demand and volume uncertainty. As the technology available to design and manufacture the panels advances‚ there is also some technology uncertainty. These uncertainties combine to cause a renegotiating problem: Fafco doesn’t think

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    story reflects the difficult choices people have to make in their struggle to confront the war waging inside their bodies as well as on the ground they tread. In Steven Kaplan’s criticism‚ “The Undying Uncertainty of the Narrator in Tim O’ Brien’s The Things They Carried‚” he explores the uncertainty and inevitability that lies in the path of each soldier through their military conquest of Than Khe. In context to O’ Brien’s story‚ author Tina Chen in her literary criticism‚ “Unraveling the Deeper Meaning:

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    Water is known the world over as a fount in which the foundations of life are built upon. It symbolizes freedom. It symbolizes rebirth. It symbolizes purity. Yet‚ the actuality of water in today’s world does not meet those same criteria. Exploited‚ polluted‚ and dammed are often words that come to mind when I look at how the human race manages their water. It is through ironies like this‚ which show the true extent of damage the Earth faces. Brenda Hillman in her work Practical Water echoes this

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