History changed on October 4‚ 1957‚ when the former Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world’s first artificial satellite was about the size of a basketball‚ weighed only 183 pounds‚ and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political‚ military‚ technological‚ and scientific developments. While the Sputnik launch was a single event‚ it marked the start of the space age and the U.S.-U.S.S.R space race. The story begins in 1952
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ITM UNIVERSITY ECONOMICS DETERMINANTS OF DEMAND SUBMITTED TO: Miss. Surti Dahuja SUBMITTED BY : SHUMYLA KHAN‚ KINNI KANSANA‚ SAGAR VYAS‚ Shibu lijack DEMAND “Demand for a commodity refers to the quantity of the commodity which an individual consumer or a household is willing to purchase per unit of time at a particular price”. Demand for a commodity implies – a) Desire of the consumer to buy the product‚ b) His willingness to buy the product‚ and c) Sufficient purchasing power in his pocket
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In 2001‚ Satellite Radio was new technology that many felt would revolutionize the way we listen to radio. It was the first major advancement in radio since FM emerged in the 1960’s. Satellite radio is a radio service broadcast digitally-encoded audio to Earth-based receivers‚ either directly from an orbiting satellite‚ or from the satellite to the receiver via terrestrial repeater station. Receiver radios were primarily in cars but could be in households‚ offices or carried as portable devices
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Details | Page number | 1.0 Article Summary | 3 | 2.0 Introduction | 3 | 3.0 Analysis | | 3.1 Demand and Supply | 4-6 | 3.2 Substitute | 6 | 3.3 Shortage | 7 | 3.4 Elasticity | 8-9 | 3.5 Price ceiling | 10 | 3.6 Consumer and producer surplus | 11-13 | 3.7 Tax | 13-14 | 4.0 Conclusion | 15 | References | 16-17 | | | 1.0 Article Summary The article “Consumers complain cooking oil sold at higher than fixed price” which was published on November 27‚ 2012 talks about
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Joe Clark January 21‚ 2002 Mrs. Perkins AP U.S. History The radio has evolved over time. The radio we listen to today has a different format‚ purpose‚ viewer reach‚ and clarity than it did before the 1950s. The radio has survived the threat of the television industry by changing with the times. It has been dealt with in the law through acts and the creation of the government regulating agency (FCC). Today the radio is the cheapest and most affective way to communicate with everyone around the
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Radio has been one of the most important inventions that continues to aide civilization to this day. In scientific terms‚ radio is part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Electromagnetic waves push into space going the speed of light‚ which is 300‚000 kilometers per second. When equipment is attached to an antenna‚ the energy becomes radio waves. Some of the energy can be received by another antenna‚ and using a radio receiver‚ the energy connects the transmitter and receiver. Information that is added
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Extension work‚ Acts of May 8 and June 30‚ 1914‚ in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Jack M. Payne‚ director‚ Cooperative Extension Service‚ Iowa State University of Science and Technology‚ Ames‚ Iowa. 2. A radio program is any program created for radio broadcast. Most programs consist of a number of episodes‚ but one-time programs are also possible. |Type |Description/what is involved |How suitable?
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Table Z: Areas under the standard normal curve (negative Z) Second decimal place in z 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.09 0.08 0.07 0.02 0.01 0.0001 0.0001 0.0002 0.0002 0.00 * 0.0000 0.0001 0.0001 0.0002 0.0002 z -3.9 -3.8 -3.7 -3.6 -3.5 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0002 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0002 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0002 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0002 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0002 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0002 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0
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S-curve describes how the performance or cost characteristics of a technology change with time and continued investments. While the horizontal axis shows the history (time and investment) of technical innovations‚ the vertical axis shows some problems of product performance or cost competitiveness. The pace of improvement slows when the established technology is improved and approaching its maturity. Many problems which a new technology has to face with are solved over time and with investment
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is the Philips Curve? Explain why critics believe the relationship no longer holds. Different macroeconomic policies can be implemented in order to achieve government’s main objectives of full employment and stable economy through low inflation. Philips Curve can be use as a tool to explain the trade-off between these two objectives. This essay will first explain the Philips Curve and its relation to inflation and unemployment. Then‚ the breakdown of Philips Curve will be analysed
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