What is the first big change that American drivers made due to
higher gas prices? According to an Access America survey, 30% said
that it was cutting recreational driving. However, 28% said that it
was consolidating or reducing errands. If these figures are true
for all American drivers, and if 20 such drivers are randomly
sampled and asked what is the first big change they made due to
higher gas prices?
a. What is the probability that exactly 8 said
that it was consolidating or reducing errands?
b. What is the probability that none of them said
that it was cutting recreational driving?
c. What is the probability that more than 7 said
that it was cutting recreational driving?
In: Statistics and Probability
1. American manufacturing production fell in December more than it had in a decade largely due to the trade war with China. sign an initial trade deal. Our trade deficit -- the gap between what America sells and what it buys abroad -- was minus $43.1 billion at the end of 2019. Are you worried about country's weak global trade position and, briefly, why or why not?
2. U.S. law currently bans American companies from paying bribes in other countries in which bribes are culturally accepted or legal. Would you be in favor of allowing U.S. companies to participate in bribery overseas and, briefly, why or why not.
In: Economics
Operating Systems class
Complete the following work with Linux commands and submit the screenshot.
1.Install a virtual machine with Lubuntu
2.Log in and display the content of your home directory
3.Create a directory called homework under your home directory and navigate to homework directory
4.Create a file called newfile under homework directory (this can be done by Leafpad)
5.Copy the file newfile to tempfile, then rename tempfile to myfile and delete newfile
6.Display the content of myfile
In: Computer Science
Given the Linux shell command descriptions, please write down the corresponding shell commands in a terminal window.
a) list the current directory contents with the long format
b) print the name of the working directory
c) change directory to the root directory
d) change the permissions of file "myfile" (owned by yourself) so that (1)you can read/write, but cannot execute; (2) all other users cannot read/write/execute this file.
e) make a new directory called “mydir”
In: Computer Science
In: Psychology
In: Finance
Permissions– commands and options Provide commands with screenshots.
(a) Create a new file in the root directory. What is the default permission for this file?
(b) Set the directory permission to 400. What does it mean?
(c) Set the directory permission to 100. What does it mean?
(d) Set the directory permission to 200. What does it mean?
In: Computer Science
In: Economics
Bank of America (USA) believes that New Zealand dollar will appreciate over the next 90 days from US$0.48/NZ$ to US$0.50/NZ$. The following annual interest rates can be applied:
Currency Lending rate (Annual) Borrowing rate (Annual)
US dollar 7.10% 7.50%
New Zealand dollar 6.80% 7.25%
Bank of American has the capacity to borrow $5million from Chase bank. If Bank of America’s forecast is correct, what will be its US dollar profit of Bank of America from this foreign exchange speculation over the 90 days period?
Group of answer choices
About $5,093,750
About $5,296,875
About $203,125
About $266,451
In: Finance
This essay is an exploration of the idea of vanilla versus kink, which in many ways is a discussion about what counts as "normal." VANILLA. As we've learned this quarter, sexual behavior across the globe is incredibly diverse. What is "vanilla" sex in America? Provide examples. Next, explain how vanilla sex is culturally/socially constructed. Can you think of examples of sex acts in America that are "vanilla" but might be considered kinky or even disgusting elsewhere? KINK. In 2016 America, kink is "in." If we look at the data coming out of the erotica and porn industries, the BDSM/kink genres are the fastest growing. What is "kink?" What is BDSM? How are they different from "vanilla?" In your judgment, what do you think it is about American culture in general that leads many of its people to be curious about or dabble in kink? Can you think of any sex acts that today might be thought of as "vanilla" in America but maybe once were thought of as kinky? Can you think of examples of "kinky" things that many vanilla people try? Finally, share your thoughts about the distinction between "vanilla" and "kink." Where is the line drawn, if at all?
In: Psychology