What do you see as positive and negative aspects of the system of government of Russia. Why do you feel this way and what are you comparing it to? Is there anything that you think should be implemented by governments of other countries or aspects that others should be cautioned away from?
Briefly describe the making of the modern state of Russia. Then summarize the structure of the government, including both the state and the legislature. What aspects of the economy and society are significant influences on the politics of the state? What does the future look like for Russia.
“Phytoplankton, Chemosynthesis, and Mitochondria”
For your primary post, please respond to one of the following three topics with a post of at least 125 words that addresses each point given in the instructions. Also, please reply to at least one fellow student on any topic.
Topic 1 : The phytoplankton that brought Earth to life. Review the video (1)* about the “phytoplankton that brought Earth to life” from the link given below. In this clip, which is under 5 minutes in length, Penny Chisholm discusses a tiny phytoplankton called Prochlorococcus. Based on that video, please address the following:
(a) What is the importance of Prochlorococcus for life on the planet Earth, both historically and in the present day?
(b) In the video, Dr. Chisholm tells us that Prochlorococcus samples from different environments are genetically different. What does this tell us about the relationships between organisms and their environments?
(c) Explain how this relates to this week’s lessons.
Topic 2 [article]: Snails that don’t eat. A recent article by JoAnna Klein (2)* describes a partnership between the snail Gigantopelta chessoia and a chemosynthetic bacterium. The bacterium is called an “endosymbiont” because it lives inside the snail.
(a) Describe the partnership between Gigantopelta chessoia and its endosymbiont.
(b) What is most surprising to you about this situation?
(c) Explain how this relates to this week’s lessons.
Topic 3 [article]: Exercise and mitochondria. Exercise is generally known to have many beneficial effects on our bodies at several different levels. Some studies have examined the effects of exercise at the level of muscle cells. Read the press release by Cell Press (3)*.
(a) What specifically did these researchers measure in their volunteers?
(b) What were their findings?
(c) Explain how this relates to this week’s lessons.
References (in Strayer Writing Standards format).
Write a short analytical report (4 pages) on how organizations with market power set the price of their product in a mass market in accordance with the prompt below. In this topic, you have to introduce different price strategies that involve price discrimination.
Go to the library and find and read the following articles.
Vara, V. (2017). How frackers beat OPEC: the surprising ingenuity of the American shale-oil industry–and its huge global consequences. The Atlantic, (1). 20.
Oil & gas firms call for extension of pricing freedom to existing fields. (2016). FRPT- Chemical Snapshot, 14-16.
Ford, N. (2016). Winners and losers in an era of cheap oil: the impact of low oil and gas prices varies from country to country but the effects are not as straightforward as might be expected. African Business, (431). 51.
You may also find helpful information at:http://www.economist.com/topics/oil-prices
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a cartel that attempts to keep oil prices high by restricting output. As part of that process, each member nation is assigned a production quota; most members have nationalized their oil industry so that the government controls overall production. However, member nations routinely exceed their production targets. Explain why OPEC often has difficulty keeping output low and prices high.
Public utility companies (you may stay with the topic of oil/gas) customarily charge more to business customers than to residential customers. Discuss this price discrimination as it relates to gas and oil.
What kind of changes do you predict will impact the oil industry based on the following trends in new energy sources: fracking, hydrogen fuel cells, biomass or bio fuel, solar, or a break-through in car batteries for electric cars? What are these market types and how does that matter to the pricing and production of oil.
For all of the industries that you discuss in this paper, state which of the four market types that it is (Perfect Competition, Monopoly, Monopolistic Competition or Oligopoly).
Ensure that you include Porter’s Five Forces Model in describing the pricing effects or strategies from these newer industries (or you may select one and discuss it in depth).
Part 2 – Quantitative Analysis Case
Write a Quantitative Analysis report on the following problems:
The manufacturer of high-quality flatbed scanners is trying to decide what price to set for its product. The costs of production and the demand for product are assumed to be as follows:
TC = 500,000 + 0.85Q + 0.015 Q2
Q = 14,166 – 16.6P
Determine the short-run profit-maximizing price.
Plot this information on a graph showing AC, AVC, MC, P, and MR.
An amusement park, whose customer set is made up of two markets, adults, and children, has developed demand schedules as follows:
Price($)QuantityAdultsChildren51520614187131681214911121010101198128613741462
The marginal operating cost of each unit of quantity is $5. (Hint: Because marginal cost is a constant, so is average variable cost, Ignore fixed cost.). The owners of the amusement park want to maximize profits.
Calculate the price, quantity, and profit if
The amusement park charges a different price in each market
The amusement park charges the same price in the two markets combined.
Explain the difference in the profit realized under the two situations.
(Mathematical solution) The demand schedules presented in Problem 2 can be expressed in equation form as follows (where subscript A refers to the adult market, subscript C to the market for children, and subscript T to the markets combined)
QA = 20 – PA
QC = 30 – 2PC
QT = 50 – 3PT
Solve these equations for the maximum profit that the amusement park will attain when it charges different prices in the two markets and when it charges a single price for the combined market.
Part3
This Has To Be 150 Words
In certain industries, firms buy their most important inputs in markets that are close to perfectly competitive and sell their output in imperfectly competitive markets. Cite as many examples as you can of these types of businesses. Explain why the profits of such firms tend to increase when there is an excess supply of the inputs they use in their production process.
Lab report H/W, due in 2 days attached, you will find a lab report sample, guideline and Lab datasheet attached, Unfortunately I have no pics to include in this report but I don’t think it matters. Please no plagiarism, This assignment will be turned in online (Turnitin) in order to scan for plagiarism.
Directions: Use what you have learned in this course to answer the following questions. Justify your responses completely. Each question is worth 5 points.
1. Solve for n: –6(n – 8) = 4(12 – 5n) + 14n.
2. For f(x) = 2|x+3| – 5, name the type of function and describe each of the three transformations from the parent function f(x) = |x|.
3. Determine whether f(x) = –5 – 10x + 6 has a maximum or a minimum value. Find that value and explain how you know.
4. The median weekly earnings for American workers in 1990 was $412 and in 1999 it was $549. Calculate the average rate of change between 1990 and 1999.
5. Find the roots of the parabola given by the following equation.
2×2+ 5x – 9 = 2x
6. Describe the end behavior and determine whether the graph represents an odd-degree or an even-degree polynomial function. Then state the number of real zeros.
7. GEOMETRY Recall the formula for finding the area of a rectangle. Define a variable for the width and set up an equation to find the dimensions of a rectangle that has an area 144 square inches, given that the length is 10 inches longer than its width.
DIMENSIONS:
Length: Width:
8. The amount f(t) of a certain medicine, in milligrams, in a patient’s bloodstream t minutes after being taken is given by f(t) = .
Find the amount of medicine in the blood after 20 minutes.
9. Graph f(x) = x2 + 2x – 3, label the function’s x-intercepts, y-intercept and vertex with their coordinates. Also draw in and label the axis of symmetry.
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10. Determine whether the relation shown is a function. Explain how you know.
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11. Solve the inequality and graph the solution on a number line.
–3(5y – 4) ≥ 17
12. Assume that the wooden triangle shown is a right triangle.
a. Write an equation using the Pythagorean Theorem and the measurements provided in the diagram.
Hint: (leg 1)2 + (leg 2)2 = (hypotenuse)2
b. Transform each side of the equation to determine if it is an identity.
13. Use long division or synthetic division to find the quotient of .
14. Simplify (9 + 8 – 6)(4 – 5).
15. Find the inverse of h(x) = .
16. If f(x) = 2x – 1 and g(x) = – 2, find [g ◦ f](x).
17. Graph the function y = – 2. Then state the domain and range of the function.
Domain:
Range:
18. If f(x) = 3×2 – 2 and g(x) = 4x + 2, what is the value of f + g 2 ?
The price of a sweatshirt at a local shop is twice the price of a pair of shorts. The price of a T-shirt at the shop is $4 less than the price of a pair of shorts. Brad purchased 3 sweatshirts, 2 pairs of shorts, and 5 T-shirts for a total cost of $136.
19. Let w represent the price of one sweatshirt, t represent the price of one T-shirt, and h represent the price of one pair of shorts. Write a system of three equations that represents the prices of the clothing.
20. Solve the system. Find the cost of each item.