the river 6 km east of the refinery. The cost of laying pipe is $200‚000 per km over land to a point P on the north bank and $400‚000 per km under the river to the tanks. To minimize the cost of the pipeline‚ how far from the refinery should P be located? (Round your answer to two decimal places.) 1 year ago Report Abuse Colorado... Best Answer - Chosen by Voters This is a min-max calculus problem‚ where we want to minimize the cost function: We need a drawing of the situation: see https://docs
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Checkpoint: Social Problems HSM/240 11/02/2012 Social problems are defined as societal induced conditions that harm any segment of the population. Social problems are also related to acts and conditions that violate the norms and values found in society. They are any condition that affects the quality of life for an individual or society as a whole; social problems are defined by history‚ cultural values‚ cultural universals‚ and awareness. Examples of social problems would be unemployment
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purposes‚ please contact as above. © 2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. The question persists and indeed grows whether the computer will make it easier or harder for human beings to know who they really are‚ to identify their real problems‚ to respond more fully to beauty‚ to place adequate value on life‚ and to make their world safer than it now is. Norman Cousins – The Poet and the Computer‚ 1966 Contents About This Report 8 General Introduction 10 1 Our Changing World
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investigate how principle-principle agency conflicts impact on the quality and effectiveness of corporate governance in European listed companies. Motivation for study Most of corporate governance research only reveals that corporate governance can solute the agency conflicts between management and shareholders which fails to identify principle-principle agency conflicts and their influences on corporate governance. Research question Whether more severe principal-principal conflict is relevant
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Problems with Prisons The Michigan Department of Corrections annual budget is 2 billion dollars‚ and the average annual cost per inmate is $32‚000. 4.5 percent of the state general fund allocated in the 2009-2010 budget proposal. Michigan’s total department active personnel contains 16‚324 people. There are 50‚693 incarcerated under MDOC jurisdiction with a total of 49 facilities that have had 2 escapes. The parole system makes up 17‚435 people. Prison overcrowding is a huge problem
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April 14‚ 2006? A. April 15 B. April 16 C. April 12 D. April 13 Level of difficulty: Medium Solution: C Ex-dividend date is the second business date before the holder of record date. 2. Which of the following statements about M&M assumptions is false? A. There are no taxes. B. Not all firms maximize value. C. There is no debt. D. Markets are perfect. Level of difficulty: Medium Solution: B All firms maximize value. 3. What is the market value of equity if next-period cash flow from
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America’s Solution America has a chronic problem. Throughout the U.S.‚ thousands of people live in a constant rush neglecting to provide their bodies with the healthy nutrients it needs. Nowadays cafes and fast food joints sit on every corner prompting people to continue hurrying through life‚ not caring what they stuff into their bodies. According to an article by CBS News‚ the number of obese and overweight Americans has more than doubled in the last decade. Americans need a healthy lifestyle
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A Problem in Parenting Some of the most difficult challenges for parents today are their children’s behavior problems and how parenting styles affect child development. It’s important for parents to understand the changes that a child goes through during each phase of development. One thing that parents need to realize is that after each phase of development‚ rules need to change along with it. This is because children become more independent as they get older‚ and different parenting styles are
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Brian Moon Professor Agius Rhet 120-03 12/4/2012 Childhood Obesity: a problem Childhood obesity is not merely an issue in the United States- it is an epidemic. The number of overweight and obese children in America has increased at an alarming rate over the past years‚ and there is no chance of it slowing down unless action is taken. One out of three children is considered overweight or obese. A fast-food craze has swept over the country‚ consequentially
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2a Homework 08 - Solutions You need a 45 Ω resistor‚ but the stockroom has only 20 Ω and 50 Ω resistors. How can the desired resistance be achieved under these circumstances?" " A. Put one 50 Ω and one 20 Ω resistor in parallel and then put that combination in series with a 20 Ω resistor." B. Put two 50 Ω resistors in series and then put that combination in parallel with a 20 Ω resistor." C. Put one 50 Ω and one 20 Ω resistor in series and then put that combination in parallel with
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