SOLUTION TO ANDREW–CARTER‚ INC.‚ CASE This case presents some of the basic concepts of aggregate planning by the transportation method. The case involves solving a rather complex set of transportation problems. Four different configurations of operating plants have to be tested. The solutions‚ although requiring relatively few iterations to optimality‚ involve degeneracy if solved manually. The costs are: [pic] The lowest weekly total cost‚ operating plants 1 and 3 with 2 closed‚ is
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Dakota Furry 2nd Period 2/25/13 9/11 Paper: What We Know Now The organizers of the 9/11 attacks apparently planned and coordinated their mission in face to face meetings and used little or no electronic communication. This "radio silence" made their plan more difficult to detect. The hijackers intentions on the 9/11 attack was for blood to flow‚ and there to be widows and orphans. The hijackers specifically chose their planes by how much fuel each one had in them. The more fuel in the planes
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Exam 1‚ Questions 1 & 3Ben Christ on Issues Facing English Society Early Modern England was a transitional society where old and new coexisted. The problems facing the English society and economy in the 16th and 17th centuries are due to a wide range of issues. Massive population growth‚ the reformation and war brought social divisions to the English society and negative impacts on the economy.Population growth was a problem with many different facets that had profound effects on both the society and
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The Continental Congress helped the colonies in so many ways. Their decisions are what got united states citizens away from the british and had a big role. Without the Continental Congress the Colonies would not be independent from British rule‚ and the United States today would be under control of the British‚ and not be the great country that we are now. “If ye love wealth better than liberty‚ the tranquility better than the animating contest of freedom‚ go home from us in peace. We ask of
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irreparable damage to freshwater and marine species. We hunt for sport and use animal parts to cater to our exotic tastes. All our actions are resulting in the dwindling of wildlife. We are losing plant and animal species at an accelerated rate. Ladies and gentlemen‚ what can we do to stop this massacre ? Firstly‚ wildlife trade should be banned. The authorities should strictly prohibit the sale of animals and animal parts whether it is for medicinal or for other purposes. Forests are habitats for numerous
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The 1920s What was happening in America in the 1920s with fashion‚ government/politics‚ society‚culture (Harlem renaissance)‚ and more? The first thing on the topic of government is on January 16th 1920 the federal volstead act closed all bars and taverns in the United States‚now it was illegal to sell any “intoxicating beverage” with more than 0.5% of alcohol in it. Another big thing in 1920 that happened was‚on august 18th‚ the 19th amendment was added to the Constitution which
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released in the late 1960’s. UNIX was the first operating system that would run on different models of computers‚ and used a common communications protocol called TCP/IP to talk between the different machines. TCP/IP stands for "Transmission Control Protocol / Internetworking Protocol" and the word "Internet" came from that. What was the first name of Internet before it was called Internet? The name of the web platform that was first developed as a research network was called: ARPANET (Advanced Research
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FLOW MEASUREMENT (Venturi meter‚ Orifice Plate and Rotameter) OBJECTIVES To study the characteristics and applications of various flow measuring device (venturi meter & orifice plate). To calculate the volume flow rate of water from the pressure difference of both venturi and orifice devices. To compare between theoretical and actual volumetric flow rate through the discharge coefficient concept. To know how rotameter works. INTRODUCTION The measurement of fluid flow is important in applications
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To what extent was the NAACP responsible for the successes of the civil rights campaign? (1945-57) The NAACP was a major civil rights groups and had many successes‚ especially in the period 1945-57. They mainly did this through legal cases‚ supporting individuals and groups gain their rights‚ and supporting the use of economic means to beat segregation. On the other hand‚ it could be argued that there were many other bodies responsible for the successes of the civil rights movement‚ such as the
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Draw and label the circular flow model and use it to answer the following: [pic] The circular flow can be explained very easily with a simple formula. GDP (gross domestic product) = C + I + G + X – Z= = C + S +T – B In here C is the consumption‚ I is investments‚ G – government spending‚ S – savings. On the other hand X is export‚ Z is imports T is for taxes and B is the benefits. The circulars flow shows the way how real recourses and payments flow between organizations/firms and
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