150 Lab PROBLEM SET 1 1. The data below were obtained after performance of Ex. 2 as stated in your MCB 150 lab manual. a. Estimate the number of total bacteria‚ actinomycetes‚ fungi and algae per gram (dry weight) of soil collected from the IBS garden pH: 6.0 ODW: 8.6 grams Colony Counts: PDA 10-1: 210‚ 190 AMA 10-4: 125‚ 119 SCA 10-4: 80‚ 62 10-2: 20‚ 34 10-5: 17‚ 29 10-5: 18‚ 2 Algal Medium (no. of + tubes/ no. of inoculated tubes): 10-1: 5/ 5 10-2: 5/ 5 10-3: 3/ 5 10-4: 1/
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Problem set 3 (Answer) 7.6. A farmer uses three inputs to produce vegetables: land‚ capital‚ and labor. The production function for the farm exhibits diminishing marginal rate of technical substitution. a) In the short run the amount of land is fixed. Suppose the prices of capital and labor both increase by 5 percent. What happens to the cost-minimizing quantities of labor and capital for a given output level? Remember that there are three inputs‚ one of which is fixed. b) Suppose only the cost
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ECP 6705 – First Problem Set Fall‚ 2014 Name or Names: (if a group of two) 1. Write a memo to UWF COB Dean Tim O’Keefe explaining why you believe offering a tuition increase for the next semester MBA students will increase total revenue (assume that he has heard of elasticity‚ but is no expert on the subject). 2. Mentone Cabins recently reduced price by 20 percent and saw volume increase by 10 percent. Should the owners reduce price further
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Problem Set 3 Name: Lauren Hensley Problem Set 3 is to be completed by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week 6. 1. Data for the market for graham crackers is shown below. Calculate the elasticity of demand between the following prices. Price of crackers Quantity Demanded (per month) $3 80 $2.5 120 $2 160 $1.5 200 $1 240 $1.00 - $1.50: -0.333 $1.50 - $2.00: -0.6 $2.00 - $2.50: -1 $2.50 - $3.00: -1.66 If the price of graham crackers is $2.50 should firms raise or lower
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(5) An explanation that may explain the lower labor supply in Europe besides taxes is one that Europeans may place a higher weight on leisure relative to working in their preferences than their American counterparts. This would mean that the indifference curves lean more towards the leisure axis than they lean towards the consumption axis‚ as is the case in Figure 3. Thus‚ when the price of leisure falls (i.e. leisure becomes more affordable)‚ Europeans are more willing to substitute out of consumption
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This work of QNT 351 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment - Analyzing and Interpreting Data consists of: Ask your instructor for specific information regarding the analysis you are required to perform for your data set. Combine your Week Two Learning Team assignment and Week Three findings with Week Five findings and make a recommendation to the research problem. Use the statistical tables given in the appendices of the textbook and a statistical analysis application: a Microsoft
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ZPH 123 Problem set Forces 1. Two 25.0-N weights are suspended at opposite ends of a rope that passes over a light‚ frictionless pulley. The pulley is attached to a chain that goes to the ceiling. a. What is the tension in the rope? b. What is the tension in the chain? 2. A stockroom worker pushes a box with mass 11.2 kg on a horizontal surface with constant speed of 3.50 m/s. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the box and the surface is 0.20. a. What horizontal force must be applied by
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RUNNING HEAD: MARKET STRUCTURE Market Structure Denise M. Minor ECO 561 Week 3 Individual Assignment Professor John Lindvall November 11‚ 2010 Market Structure Thomas Money Services started out as a consumer finance company granting small loans for household needs. Over the years‚ the company expanded by issuing business loans‚ financing acquisitions and commercial real estate loans. The company also became involved in financing equipment through a subsidiary named
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EC3314 – Financial Economics Fall 2013 Vinay P NUNDLALL Problem Set 1 Question 1 Explain what is meant by the following: a. A broker holding securities in street name A brokerage account where the customer’s securities and assets are held under the name of the brokerage firm‚ rather than the name of the individual who purchased the security or asset. Although the name on the certificate is not that of the individual‚ they are still listed as the real and beneficial owner and have the rights
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CACL 2014 Case studies and problem sets Problem Set 1 The following problems and questions should be answered after you have read Chapters 1 and 2. 1. GML is a public company. Its shares are listed for quotation on the ASX. What does it mean to say that a company is listed? Are all public companies listed on the ASX? See [¶1-120]‚ [¶1-140] and key terms [¶1-500] If a public company is listed on the ASX‚ members of the public can buy and sell securities (such as shares) issued by the company
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