Unit 3 Tutorial Exercise Set 3A Calculating Probabilities Solutions can be found on page 6 1. Over a long period of time‚ the queue length of customers at the teller section of a major bank was observed to have the following probability distribution; Number in queue Probability 0 0.1 1 0.2 2 0.2 3 0.3 4 or more 0.2 Find the probability of a. At most two people in the queue. b. No more than three people in the queue. c. At least one person in the queue. d. Two or
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Philippe Legrain and David Goodhart examine the emerging issue of immigration. Despite the fact that they discuss the same topic‚ it is not easy to compare and contrast their ideas‚ since they look at different aspects. Legrain in his The Case for Immigration supports immigration arguing mostly from the economic standpoint. In contrast‚ Goodhart’s article Too Diverse? questions advantages of immigration given ambiguous effect on host nation‚ its culture‚ and history. Given that the authors’ views
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Department of Education (DepEd) has finally released the much-awaited Graduation Message 2013 by Secretary Bro. Armin Luistro‚ and you can find it below. School administrators are looking for this graduation message to be included in the program of their graduations and/or commencement exercises this 2013. See the full text of Bro. Luistro’s message as shared by one commenter of this blog: 2013 Graduation Message of Secretary Armin Luistro To our Dear Students‚ Parents‚ Teachers‚ Staff‚ Administrators
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Questions for Poison by Roald Dahl 1. Timber states‚ “The bite is quite deadly except sometimes when you catch it at once”. Toward the end of the story‚ Harry calls Ganderbai a “dirty little sewer rat” and “You dirty black--.” What is the relationship between Timber’s statement and Harry’s statement? 2. How do we know that Harry is very “refined‚” according to Timber (What does Timber spot on Harry’s pajamas?) 3. What is the denotative definition of “refined”? What is the connotative
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David Brooks is a columnist for the New York Times and he wrote an article in the opinion pages called “Weed: Been There. Done That.” This subject is a controversial one and will continue to be a topic of concern for many years to come. Everyone has either taken part or knows of people that have used this drug. In this article he goes on to discourage the use of weed and it’s legalization in the states by using his life experiences with the substance. Brooks begins by mentioning the health setbacks
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Subway is one of the fastest growing franchises in the world with 40‚229 restaurants in 102 countries and territories as of 11 September 2013. It is the largest single-brand restaurant chain and the largest restaurant operator globally. Subway’s main operations office is in Milford‚ Connecticut; five regional centers support Subway’s growing international operations. The regional offices for European franchises are located in Amsterdam‚ Netherland; the Australia and New Zealand locations are supported
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Main Essay Name: Johirul Hassan Student Number: 14097981 Subject: Introduction to Microeconomics Module leader: David Kraithman Word count: 1129 (excluding title‚ name etc) Use demand and supply analysis to consider the current conditions in one of the following markets: (2) Protein sports drinks Bodybuilders and Athletes often supplement their diets with a powdered form of protein‚ also known as Protein sports drinks. But how effective is this? Currently‚ no consensus has been reached in determining
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I chose to work on the first article “Accept no substitute: biodiversity matters” by David Dudgeon‚ as I often go hiking and field trips and enjoy the beauty of nature. I feel close to the topic and would like to know more about ecosystem conservation. In the article‚ the author argues that Hong Kong people and government should consider biodiversity conservation when developing lands for housing because development would cause irreversible harm to wetland and biodiversity located in some of the
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In the article‚ In Praise of Cultural Imperialism‚ David Rothkopf illustrates a progressive new world order where information is the new global currency and the United States‚ "the indispensable nation‚" is the bank. In his article‚ Rothkopf contrasts the victimizing tendencies of ’cultural barriers’‚ which are the unmistakably causing ethnic‚ religious‚ ideological‚ tribal or nationalistic conflicts‚ to the uniting tendencies of western globalization. Rothkopf predicts the inevitable merging of
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Executive Summary In this report I discuss the comparison of competitive strategies between the two major departmental stores in Australia being David Jones and Target and how they differ from each other. I also discuss the current issues that are faced such as Global Financial Crisis that has had much impact on both stores as well as future threats such as online shopping which is believed to be the latest trend is shopping which has already affected the stores but could make competition even
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