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In: Computer Science
Which of the following is not a significant difference between a monopolist and a competitive firm:
The monopolist produces where MR=MC while the perfect competitor does not.
A monopoly is a price-maker, whereas a competitive firm is a price-taker
A monopolist is protected by barriers to entry, whereas a competitive firm is not
The monopoly’s MR curve lies below the demand curve, whereas the competitive firm’s MR curve is horizontal at the market price
In: Economics
Based on the information given, classify each of the pure substances as elements or compounds, or indicate that no such classification is possible because of insufficient information.
Analysis with an elaborate instrument indicates that •Substance A contains two elements. •Substance B and Substance C react to give a new Substance D. •Substance E decomposes upon heating to give Substance F and Substance G. •heating Substance H to 1000°C causes no change. •Substance I cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means. •Substance J cannot be broken down into simpler substances by physical means. •heating Substance K to 500°C causes it to change from a solid to a liquid.
In: Chemistry
In: Operations Management
A glass flask whose volume is 1000cm3 at a temperature of 1.00?C is completely filled with mercury at the same temperature. When the flask and mercury are warmed together to a temperature of 52.0?C , a volume of 8.35cm3 of mercury overflows the flask. If the coefficient of volume expansion of mercury is ?Hg = 1.80
In: Physics
A sample of pure water was spiked with 0.670 ng/mL silver ion. Ten replicate determinations of the spiked water sample gave 0.680, 0.660, 0.637, 0.623, 0.664, 0.644, 0.648, 0.652, 0.630, and 0.615 ng/mL silver ion. Determine the mean percent recovery of the spike and the detection limit (in ng/mL) of the analytical method used for silver ion determination.
In: Chemistry
How can the volume of an irregular unknown object be measured?
using a ruler to measure length,
width, and depth measuring the volume of water displaced by the object
obtaining the mass of the object
measure the radius and use V= hr2
In: Chemistry
1. White blood cells such as leukocytes, neutrophils, and monocytes can engulf large foreign substances like bacteria.
During this process the plasma membrane of the white blood cell invaginates, forming a pocket around the bacteria cell. The pocket pinches off, resulting in the bacteria cell being contained in a newly created intracellular vesicle formed from the plasma membrane.
Which of the following processes could be responsible for white blood cells engulfing bacteria cells?
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Exocytosis |
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Endocytosis |
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Pinocytosis |
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Osmosis |
2. Water travels up to 124m from the roots to the top of Giant Sequoias. During this journey water travels against the force of gravity through narrow “circulatory” vessels inside of the tree. Which two water properties are responsible to such a feat?! Name AND briefly describe the properties.
Please use complete sentences to explain your answer.
3. You are helping your 13-year old cousin edit their biology lab report about protein structure and function. Then you encounter a sentence in the report that says “the high temperature broke down the protein into many pieces and this affected its ability to function”. How would you correct this misunderstanding?
In: Biology
Robert Altoff is vice president of engineering for a manufacturer of household washing machines. As part of a new product development project, he wishes to determine the optimal length of time for the washing cycle. Included in the project is a study of the relationship between the detergent used (four brands) and the length of the washing cycle (18, 20, 22, or 24 minutes). In order to run the experiment, 32 standard household laundry loads (having equal amounts of dirt and the same total weights) are randomly assigned to the 16 detergent–washing cycle combinations. The results (in pounds of dirt removed) are shown below. Detergent Brand Cycle Time (min) 18 20 22 24 A 0.14 0.13 0.19 0.17 0.13 0.11 0.18 0.20 B 0.15 0.16 0.19 0.21 0.12 0.14 0.17 0.18 C 0.17 0.17 0.19 0.20 0.19 0.16 0.20 0.22 D 0.11 0.12 0.18 0.15 0.14 0.15 0.17 0.19 Complete an ANOVA table. Use the 0.05 significance level. (Do not round your intermediate calculations. Enter your SS, MS, p to 3 decimal places and F to 2 decimal places.) Choose the right option.
In: Math
What does the song "No Church in the Wild" use from Plato's dialogue Euthyphro? What do you understand the song to be trying to say with that quote in this song? Is the song using the quote from Plato to convey a different meaning than it has in the dialogue by Plato?
In: Psychology
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In: Computer Science
Logging in western North America impacts populations of western trillium, a long-lived perennial that inhabits confider forests (Trillium ovatum). Jules and Ratchke (1999) measured attributes of eight local populations of western trillium, confined to forest patches of varying size created by logging in southwestern Oregon. Their data, presented in the following table, compares estimates of recruitment (the density of new plants produced in each population per year) at each site with the distance from the site to the edge of the forest fragment.
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Local population |
Distance to clear-cut edge (m) |
Recruitment |
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67 |
0.0053 |
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2 |
65 |
0.0021 |
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3 |
61 |
0.0069 |
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4 |
30 |
0.0006 |
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5 |
84 |
0.0124 |
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6 |
97 |
0.0045 |
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7 |
16 |
0.0028 |
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8 |
332 |
0.0182 |
a. Display these data in an appropriate graph. Examine the graph and describe the shape of the distribution. What departures from the assumption of correlation analysis do you detect?
b. Choose a transformation and transform one or both of the two variables. Plot the results. Did the transformation solve the problem? If not, try a different transformation.
c. Using the transformed data, estimate the correlation coefficient between the two variables. Provide a standard error with your estimate.
d. Calculate an approximate 95% confidence interval for the correlation coefficient.
In: Math
The Kaumajet Factory produces two products - table lamps and desk lamps. It has two separate departments - Finishing and Production. The overhead budget for the Finishing Department is $700,050, using 359,000 direct labor hours. The overhead budget for the Production Department is $330,546 using 61,900 direct labor hours.
If the budget estimates that a desk lamp will require 5 hours of finishing and 8 hours of production, what is the total amount of factory overhead the Kaumajet Factory will allocate to desk lamps using the multiple production department factory overhead rate method with an allocation base of direct labor hours, if 10,000 units are produced?
a.$318,312
b.$166,480
c.$53,400
d.$524,700
In: Accounting
Java Coding Program.
In this assignment, you will write a program that analyzes Phoenix area 2018 rainfall data. Inside the main() method, first you will get the rainfall data for each of the 12 months in 2018 from the user and stores them in a double array. Next, you will need to design the following four value-returning methods that compute and return to main() the totalRainfall, averageRainfall, driestMonth, and wettestMonth. The last two methods return the index (or number) of the month with the lowest and highest rainfall amounts, not the amount of rain that fell those months. Notice that this month index (or number) can be used to obtain the amount of rain that fell those months.
I need help with driestMonth and wettestMonth. Wettest month is not giving me the correct output.
This is how it should read when it prints out on screen. Example : "The least rain fell in May with 0.35 inches."
This is what I have so far.
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import java.util.Scanner;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
public class Assignment12
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// variables
final int numMonths = 12;
double[] rainArray = new double[numMonths];
String[] month = {"Januray", "February", "March", "April",
"May",
"June", "July", "August", "September",
"October", "November", "December"};
Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
DecimalFormat fmt = new DecimalFormat("0.00");
// get user input for rainfall each month
for(int i=0; i < numMonths; i++)
{
System.out.print("\nEnter " + month[i] + " rainfall amount:
");
rainArray[i] = scan.nextDouble();
}
System.out.print("\n==== 2018 Rain Report for Phoenix, AZ
====");
System.out.print("\nTotal rainfal: " +
fmt.format(getTotal(rainArray)));
System.out.print("\nAverage monthly rainfall: " +
fmt.format(getAverage(rainArray)));
System.out.print("\nThe least rain feel in " +
getWettestMonth(rainArray));
System.out.print("\nThe most rain fell in ");
}
public static double getTotal(double[] rainArray)
{
double total = 0;
final int numMonths = 12;
for(int i=0; i < numMonths; i++)
{
total = total + rainArray[i];
}
return total;
}
public static double getAverage(double[] rainArray)
{
double total = 0;
double average = 0;
final int numMonths = 12;
for(int i=0; i < numMonths; i++)
{
total = total + rainArray[i];
}
average = total / numMonths;
return average;
}
public static int getWettestMonth(double[] rainArray)
{
int mostRainIndex = 0;
final int numMonths = 12;
for(int i=0; i < numMonths; i++)
{
if(rainArray[i] > rainArray[mostRainIndex])
{
mostRainIndex = i;
}
}
return mostRainIndex;
}
public static int getDriestMonth(double[] rainArray)
{
//code
}
}
In: Computer Science
calculate the expectation values of x, x2, p, p2 in n = 0 to n = 10 states in HARMONIC OSCILLATOR. (DO NOT USE LADDER OPERATOR METHOD).
solve it by considering harmonic oscillator WAVEFUNCTION
In: Physics