The blue curve shows the concentration of CO2 and the red curve shows the CH4 concentration in the atmosphere during the last 500,000 years. The highs in the curves correspond to the warm, interglacial periods such as the present period depicted in the left side of the plot. The lows in the curves correspond to the cold, glacial periods such as the last glacial maximum which occurred around 20,000 years ago.
Roughly sketch how CO2 and CH4 varied dueing the past 500,000 years during both glacial and inter...
A chemist measures the energy change AH during the following reaction: CH4(9)+202(9) + CO2(9)+2H2O(1) AH= -882. kJ Use the information to answer the following questions. This reaction is... ОО endothermic. exothermic. Yes, absorbed. Yes, released. Suppose 33.5 g of CH4 react. X 5 ? Will any heat be released or absorbed? No. If you said heat will be released or absorbed in the second part of this question, calculate how much heat will be released or absorbed. Round your answer...
- Give examples in written format of how, during the past 10 years, Internet and Telecommunications technologies, e.g., mobile commerce (m-commerce), proliferation of web-based services, Interactive Voice Response systems (IVRs) have changed some of the services that you use.
During the past decade ocean levels have been rising faster than in the past, an average of approximately 3.1 millimeters per year. Write a program that computes how much ocean levels are expected to rise during the next 15 years if they continue rising at this rate. Display the answer in both centimeters and inches.
QUESTION 3 During the past two years, through extensive advertising and improved customer relations, Orange Corporation estimated that it had developed customer goodwill worth $500,000. For the current year, determine the amount of goodwill Orange Corporation may amortize. O a. $16,667 O b. $26,667 O c. $33,333 O d. $100,000 O e. None of the above
During the past five years the probability that a California consumer has bought a burrito (event B) is 0.70 and the probability that a California consumer has bought a Honda (event H) is 0.10. The probability that a California consumer has bought both a burrito and and Honda in the past five years is 0.05. Are the purchases of burritos and Hondas in the past five years among California consumers independent events? No, they are not independent events. The reason...
How do you think media and technology have changed our society in the past 25 years? Give examples of both positive and negative changes. In your words please.
explain i) how the Nasdaq Composite index and its P/E ratio changed during the past 20 years, and ii) why most investors think there was a bubble in the valuation of technology stocks 20 years ago but not now.
1.4 An investigator reviewed 700 singleton birth records that occurred during the past 5 years in St. Catharines General Hospital. A total of 56 records were identified as low birth weight infants (birth weight less than 2500 grams). He also identified another 56 infants whose birth weight were higher than 2500 grams, but who was born at the same day with the same sex as the one in low birth weight group. Each infant's mother was interviewed to examine whether...
During the past 30 years, income inequality in the United States has increased in part due to rapid technological change. How does technological change contribute to income inequality? A.Technology complements the skills of the well−educated while rendering redundant the labor services of unskilled and low skilled workers. This causes a decline in the wages of low and unskilled workers relative to other workers. B. The opportunity cost of investing in technology is investments in human capital. The resulting decrease in...
During the past few years, Harry Davis Industries (HDI) has been constrained by high cost of capital to make many capital investments. Recently, though, capital costs have been declining and the company has decided to look seriously at a major expansion program that had been proposed by the marketing department. Assume that you are an assistant to the CFO. Your first task is estimate HDI’s cost of capital. The CFO has provided you with the following data, which is considered...