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    Finding the Optimal Rate for Equal Interest Earnings on Savings Accounts

    I have become completely bewildered by the following problem: Suppose you are a bank manager determining rates on savings accounts. If the account with interest compounded annually offers 5% interest, what rate should be offered on an account with interest compounded daily in order for the...
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    What Happens When Aluminum Reacts with Copper Chloride Dihydrate?

    We just did a lab in chemistry. My question is in regards to what chemically happened in the lab. this is what happened macroscopically: procedures: 1.) Copper Chloride Dihydrate is put into water. 2.) One aluminum ball (regular Al that u can get in stores) is put inside this mixuture (1)...
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    Staying Up Late: Natural Remedies to Help You Power Through

    What are good remedies to stay up later? Yesterday night I went to bed at 12:30am, and tonight I have to do that again. But its only 9:30 and I am already sleepy. I keep falling asleep while typing my essay which is due tomorrow. :zzz: What should I eat or drink to stay up later?
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    Examining the Impact of "Yellow Journalism"

    You tell people to write about yellow journalism? :confused: may I ask why?:rolleyes:
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    Examining the Impact of "Yellow Journalism"

    thanks guys! I'll post a new intro because I really don't like the one I posted. Notice that the prompt is yellow journalism and I didn't mention it until the last sentence. But, I would like feedback on how to write a good intro. and MLA format.
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    Examining the Impact of "Yellow Journalism"

    Hi Can someone edit my intro for my history essay? This is a very very very very...very important essay so please be as [productively] critical as possible. this is the prompt: "To what extent did "Yellow Journalism" influence the United States decision to declare war on Spain?" (this...
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    Confused about Mixtures and Substances? Get Help Now!

    thank you! How about sodium chloride then? it is a substance?
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    Confused about Mixtures and Substances? Get Help Now!

    A mixture is defined as 2 substances that are arbitirarily combined. They are either homogenous or heterogenous. A substance is defined as being homogenous and has definite, fixed composition that is NOT arbitrary. On some classwork we did, this following was stated as being true: wood...
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    Can One Truly Know Everything About the Universe?

    Is it possible to know everything? If it is possible, then is it dependent on time? that is, for a defined moment in time (say a second), one person can know all that there is to know about the universe. since the universe is constantly changing, the future state cannot be stated definitely...
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    Undergrad Math & Sci: Difference Between Mathematical & Scientific Determinism

    I mean it in the sense of Laplace determinism.
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    Undergrad Math & Sci: Difference Between Mathematical & Scientific Determinism

    Can you elaborate on that? What do you mean they diverge? You are using "deductiive reasoning" and "empirical evidence" together as though they were equivalent...which they are not. Either "deductive reasoning" diverges (whatever you meant by that) with "empirical reasoning" or "deductive...
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    Undergrad Math & Sci: Difference Between Mathematical & Scientific Determinism

    what is the difference between mathematical determinism and scientific determinism?
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    Can somebody explain the difference between monotone and continuous

    I don't entirely understand what is meant by monotonicity. This is my situation: I am in precalc, (never taken it before), and we just did a lesson on on "conintuity, end behavior and monotonicity". I was absent on this day, and I've been reading the lesson on my own. I understand...
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    Solve for Equal & Opposite Fahrenheit & Celsius Temperatures

    So would I do this: for #1: c=1.8c+32 c-1.8c=32 .8c=32 c=40 #2) -c=1.8(c)+32 -c-1.8c=32 -2.8c=32 c=-11
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    Solve for Equal & Opposite Fahrenheit & Celsius Temperatures

    In order to answer this question, I set the following equal: (the asterisk represents the degree sign) *F = 1.8 (*C) + 32 *C = ((*F) - 32)/1.8 1.8 (*C) + 32 = ((*F) - 32)/1.8 1.8 (*C) = *F And I know this is incorrect. Please tell me how to do this. I have no idea how...