A Weak Dollarby The Columbus Dispatch, September 7, 1999If the price of buying a car starts rising in the United States, consumers may need to look no further than the dollar's recent slide against major foreign currencies.On the other hand, economically depressed Midwestern farmers may find it easier to sell surplus grain overseas if a weak dollar makes it cheaper for foreigners to buy U.S. goods.The dollar spent much of last week on the skids, flirting with its lowest level of the year against the Japanese yen...It also has lost ground to the euro.The passage MOST LIKELY relates toA)the national debt.B)the exchange rate.C)the inflation rate.D)the stock exchange

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Answer:

C) the inflation rate.

Explanation:

This article is refers to the currency exchange rate between the US dollar, the Japanese yen, and the euro.

Since the US dollar depreciated against the Japanese yen ($1 buys less yens), the price of imported cars increased. Since the US dollar lost value, American exports were cheaper, so they would naturally increase since they would be more attractive to foreign buyers. In the last part it also mentioned the euro and the similarities with the yen.


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Answer:

E) Market Exchange

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WHAT STEP IN THE OPSEC PROCESS IS ANALYZING THREATS?

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Operations security (OPSEC) is a process and strategy for security and risk management that classifies information before deciding what must be done to safeguard sensitive information and keep it out of the wrong hands.

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A Threat and Risk Assessment (TRA) is a vital tool for comprehending the various risks that your IT systems face, calculating the degree of risk to which they are exposed, and recommending the right level of security.

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Its the the second step, 

1. Identify critical information
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As a gift from your parents, you just received $50,000 for your education. You can earn an annual rate of 8% on your investments. How much can you withdraw each year (end of year) for the next 4 years just using up the $50,000?

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Answer:

annual withdrawal = $15096.04

Explanation:

given data

present value = $50,000

annual rate = 8%

time = 4 year

to find out

How much can you withdraw each year

solution

we find here annual withdrawal amount that is express as

annual withdrawal = (present\ value)/((1-(1+r)^(-t))/(r))   ................1

here r is rate and t is time

so put here value we get

annual withdrawal = (50000)/((1-(1+0.08)^(-4))/(0.08))  

annual withdrawal = (50000)/(3.31212)

annual withdrawal = $15096.04

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d. For a professor of economics is the pleasure that he or she derives from teaching economics.
e. Is the tuition that you pay to attend college.

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Answer: b. Is the Chinese food that you gave up when you chose to eat Italian food.

Explanation: Opportunity cost refers to the cost of the next best alternative foregone or sacrificed. When an individual chooses to take a certain action, then his opportunity cost of doing that will be the alternatives that he has foregone.

IT can be expresses as,

Opportunity cost = (Units sacrificed)/(Units Gained)

When the individual chooses Chinese food when he could have choose to eat Italian food, his opportunity cost will be the Chinese food that you gave up.

For other options there is no information on what was given up.

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Answer: Marginal revenue is -$500.

Explanation: The marginal revenue is calculated as the change in total revenue subtracted by the change in quantity.

Total revenue is calculated by multiplying the price by the quantity:

At a quantity of 20 driveways, the total revenue is = 20 × $10,000 = $200,000

At a quantity of 21 driveways, the total revenue is = 21 × $9,500 = $199,500

Marginal revenue = $199,500 - $200,000

= -$500

A prescription drug advertisement uses a famous surgeon to tell the audience that this drug saves lives. What propaganda technique is being employed in this advertisement?a. transfer
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The correct answer would be D. It is a testimonial when a person with a good track record and an expert on the field is used to say something good about the product and entice potential buyers of the efficacies of the product. It is an effective technique in advertising that most of the companies use celebrities to endorse the products for them. Celebrities or experts testify by way of written or spoken advertisements to extoll and praise the product for increase sales.