Exercise 9 1. A farmer wanted to find the relationship between the amount of fertilizer used and the yield of corn. He selected seven acres of his land on which he used different amounts of fertilizer to grow corn. The following table gives the amount of fertilizer (in pounds) used and the yield of corn (in bushels)for each of the seven acres. Fertilizer Used (x) 120 80 100 70 88 75 110 Yield of Corn(y) 138 112 129 96 119 104 134 a. Find the least squares regression line. a. Calculate r and r2
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What Is Justice And How Can It Be Achieved? There is much talk about justice today‚ fighting a just war‚ how justice will be served on the terrorist and justice will prevail‚ living in a just world etc.‚ but it is not at all clear to us what it meant when justice is used in these ways. I searched online for justice and what I came up with is the following headings: Department of Justice Bureau of Justice International Court of Justice Criminal Justice The Court of Justice Juvenile Justice
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CASE EXERCISE (PAGE 263) THE PRODUCTION FUNCTION FOR WILSON COMPANY Economists at the Wilson Company are interested in developing a production function for fertilizer plants. They collected data o 15 different plants that produce fertilizer. Plant | Output(000 tons) | Capital($000) | Labor(000 Worker Hours) | 1 | 605.3 | 18‚891 | 700.2 | 2 | 566.1 | 19‚201 | 651.8 | 3 | 647.1 | 20‚655 | 822.9 | 4 | 523.7 | 15‚082 | 650.3 | 5 | 712.3 | 20‚300 | 859.0 | 6 | 487.5 | 16‚079 | 613
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The exercise provided a great sense of bad arguments and the various fallacies. The quiz gave examples of fallacious appeals such as questionable authority‚ common belief; two wrongs do not equal a right‚ common practice‚ wishful thinking and indirect consequences. Generally speaking the multiple choice answers were tricky as most of the choices were very similar in content and form. The trick to identifying the correct answer is found in previous reading and looking forward. Key words or the
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Statistics can be very helpful in providing interpretation of reality but also can be used to distort our understanding. Discuss some of the ways in which statistics can be used or misused in different Areas of Knowledge to assist and mislead us‚ and how we can determine whether to accept the statistical evidence that is present to us. When you turn on the news‚ what do you hear? 1 in 10 people in South Africa have AIDS ‚ Unemployment Reaches New High of 9.3 Percent ‚ etc. Statistics is supposed
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Exercise 7.3 (training!!!) 1. Find the oxidation numbers of the underlined elements in the following species. (a) (e) (i) (m) (q) (u) (y) 2. SO3 PbSO4 CoCl42CrO42SO32Ca(NO3)2 Co(NH3)43+ VO2+ CaH2 KMnO4 SCl2 N2 NaOH (c) (g) (k) (o) (s) (w) HCO3[Al(OH)4]MnO42NO2FeCl3 KOCl (d) (h) (l) (p) (t) (x) H2S2O7 H2O2 Cr2O72K2SO4 CH4 Pt(CO)4 Which of the following equations represent redox reactions? Specify the species being reduced in each case if applicable. (a) (b) (c) (d) NaI(s) + 2K(s) + 2NH3(g)
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Technology has improved relationships between people. Over the years‚ technology has been in a constant state of improvement as from the days of mainframe computers and telegrams to the current electronic devices and emails. The development of technology has brought massive improvement in the way people communicate around the world. Almost everyone in the world has in some way converse with other people ameliorate by technology. Passing information throughout the world has been done by different
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Exercise 1 XXXXX XACC/290 August XX‚ 2014 XXXXXX E3-4 Describe each transaction. 1. The company issued shares of stock to stockholders’ equity increased for the month. 2. The company purchased equipment for $1‚000 cash and $4‚000 on account. 3. The company purchased supplies for $750 cash. 4. The company receives $4‚100 in cash revenue and $5‚400 in accounts receivable. 5. The company paid $1‚500 cash for accounts payable. 6. The company paid a $2‚000 dividend
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demand curve is a straight line such that if the price of access were HK$20 per hour or higher‚ she would buy nothing. Draw her demand curve‚ and calculate her buyer surplus. b.Suppose that Wong switches to the 3M plan. Referring to her demand curve‚ how many hours would she use each month? Calculate her buyer surplus. Answer: (a) Refer to the following diagram for Wong’s demand curve. Her buyer surplus with the 6M plan is ½ x 20 x 150 – 398 = $1‚102. (b) With the 3M plan‚ she would
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Exercise at every stage of life is important to maintain the physical and mental aspects of a person’s health and wellbeing. This is especially relevant for exercise in late adulthood‚ with late adulthood being a person aged sixty plus (Hoffnung et al.‚ 2013)‚ the need to maintain health physical attribute as to live independently or just functionally live along with maintaining mental capacities and social relationships. Even with physical activity being a lesser part of the daily routine for many
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