In the
novella , there are quite a few instances of
dialogue authoruses to show us that Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde are two different people yet
also the same person.
One of the best examples
can be seen the first moment Mr. Utterson, Dr. Jekyll's lawyer,
converses with Mr. Hyde. The novella opens with Mr. Enfield sharing
a story with Mr. Utterson of Mr. Hyde being seen trampling a child and then agreeing to pay the
child's family monetary compensation. After hearing the story, Mr. Utterson felt a strong urge
to see Mr. Hyde. The reason behind his strong urge concerns the fact that Dr. Jekyll left in his
possession a very strange will stating that, in the event of Dr.
Jekyll's death, Dr. Jekyll would leave all of his possessions to Mr. Hyde, but if Dr. Jekyll
should disappear, then Mr. Hyde should...
Sunday, January 31, 2010
What are examples of dialogue that differentiate Dr. Jekyll from Mr. Hyde in Robert Louis Stevenson's novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr....
What is one specific way the Hadleys continued to spoil their children even after they realized that there was something wrong with the nursery in...
First, some
background. In 's 1950 short story " ", he predicted a world in which electronics were
capable of creating a very convincing reality--not so far off from some of the current video
game effects that now exist. The Hadleys live in a Happylife Home, which does most everything
for them--it cooks their meals, provides their clothes, regulates the temperature; again, not
too far off from what can be done today. The feature that seems to the parents, George and
Lydia, to be malfunctioning is the nursery. This is the children's playroom, which is capable of
producing scenes that Wendy and Peter direct it to, and has in the past had a lot of
different...
In what way(s) is Pygmalion a Shavian play?
Your
question almost answers itself. One must only look at the definition of "Shavian"
which means a play written by or in the same style as . Considering that
is actually written by George , there is no DOUBT that it is "Shavian" simply due to
it's author. However, in regards to style, there must be a reference to some sort of
"Shavian eugenics."
You see, Shaw thought that women subconsciously
must choose mates in order to have "better" children. Some refer to this idea as the
"Life Force" (which I have always found interesting). This certainly fits with
Pygmalion. Eliza, being a flower girl, despite her treatment during the
play, must choose someone like Higgins or Freddy in order to increase her societal breeding
potential (regardless of her thought process). In Pygmalion, in addition to all other Shavian
plays, there is acerbic wit involved as well: lots of sarcasm and lots of . One of my
favorites that fits with the life force is as follows:
HIGGINS: My manners are exactly the same as Colonel Pickering's.
LIZA: That's not true. He treats a flower girl as if she was a duchess.
HIGGINS: And I treat a duchess as if she was a flower girl.
If the reader/watcher of the play reads in between the lines here,
we find that it doesn't matter if Eliza marries Higgins, Freddy, or Pickering. They ALL
increase her station and the station of her potential children. She MUST choose one of them.
Therefore, the sarcasm and satire here show the play to be truly
"Shavian."
Explain what causes economies of scale. Can economies of scale and diminishing marginal returns apply to the same firm? Explain.
Economies of
scale exist when a firm expands its production and sees its long-run average costs decrease. In
a situation like this, being bigger helps a firm. If a firm grows larger, its costs drop,
making it more profitable than smaller firms.
One reason for economies of
scale is specialization of labor and of machinery. When companies are small, it is hard for
them to specialize. Individual workers might have to do many different jobs. This would
prevent them from simply doing one job and becoming extremely adept at that job. When firms are
small, they are less likely to be able to afford specialized machinery. A small farmer, for
example, might not be able to afford large, specialized machines for applying chemicals to their
fields. If a firm cannot afford specialized machines, they have to make do with more generic
machines that will not be as efficient at a given job. Because larger firms can specialize
more, they can potentially enjoy economies of scale.
The other major reason
for economies of scale is reduced resource prices per unit of output. Larger firms can often
buy resources more cheaply. As one example of this, firms that buy large amounts of a commodity
usually get discounts from the supplier. Suppliers are happy to give discounts because they get
to be sure that they will sell large quantities to that firm. As another example, large firms
can sometimes pay less for resources because they use their resources more efficiently. Imagine
a movie theater that only has one screen. That theater will still need people to take tickets,
to sell concessions, and to do other things. If the theater had five screens, it would probably
not need five times as many ticket takers and concessions workers. Thus, larger firms can pay
lower prices for resources, thus creating economies of scale.
Economies of
scale and diminishing marginal returns can and do apply to the same firm. Economies of scale
are not limitless. Every firm is likely to reach a point where it cannot continue to grow
without hurting its efficiency. A firm that grows too large, for example, might start to waste
money on excessive levels of bureaucracy. It might become less adaptable because it is too
big. For any firm, it is likely that diminishing marginal returns will set in when the firm
gets out of the range of production levels in which economies of scale can be
realized.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
What has Eliza learned by the end of Pygmalion?
Eliza has
learned to have a sense of self worth by the end of the play. She has succeeded at becoming a
lady, despite her working-class origins.
This leads her to two realizations.
First, she learns that by becoming a lady, she has unfitted herself for earning her own living.
All a respectable lady can do is get married. Whereas before, it was perfectly reasonable for
her to earn a living selling flowers, money-making would now destroy her new status. She chafes
under this restraint, thinking it senseless.
Second, she realizes she can
stand up to Henry Higgins. She no longer needs to put up with his arrogant commands and
ceaseless verbal abuse. She does challenge him, showing she is fully human and demanding he
acknowledge that, which surprises him greatly.
Eliza grows in self-esteem and
assertiveness as a result of her experiences.
Friday, January 29, 2010
In Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, where does Holden envision his brother Allie to be now? Also, how does Holden view cemeteries?
Salinger's main
character,Caulfield, is an atheist so he doesn't necessarily believe that his brotheris in
heaven as many of his Christian friends and schoolmates may believe. Although he doesn't define
what he believes or where he specifically thinks his brother is after his death, Holden does
cling to Allie's memory. Near the end of the book, in chapter 25, Holden suffers his mental
breakdown and envisions himself talking to Allie in a way that one might pray to God for help.
It is interesting that at Holden's most desperate moment he appeals to Allie rather than
God.
"Every time I'd get to the end of the block I'd
make believe I was talking to my brother Allie. I'd say to him, 'Allie, don't let me disappear.
Allie, don't let me disappear. Please, Allie.' And then when I'd reach the side of the street
without disappearing, I'd thank him"(198).
As far as
cemeteries are concerned, Holden never says that Allie was buried in one, but later, when he is
upset for finding the F-word written on 's school, he makes the comment that "You can't
ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any. . . I think, even, if I
ever die, and they stick me in a cemetery, and I have at tombstone and all, . . . it'll say
'F*** you.' I'm positive, in fact"(204). This shows Holden's negative view about life and
death and that there is no escape from what he suffers.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Is Homer gay in "A Rose for Emily"? Is that the reason Emily kills him?
This question
has been previously...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Identify a very important date in European history. Without this event, or had it happened differently, how might history have come out...
Perhaps the
most important date in recent European history was January 30, 1933. This was the date that
Hitler was sworn in as chancellor of Germany.
If Hitler had not been named
chancellor of Germany, things might have come out so very differently. Without...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
What is Net Neutrality? What did the FCC vote on today (May 15, 2014), and why is the FCC ruling important?
The FCC
voted to put an end to net neutrality. If you recall, the internet was invented by the
scientists and the military essentially as a way to exchange information. However, it was such
a good venue for exchanging information that over time it grew into the international backbone
of commerce and intelligence that it is today. The FCC acknowledged that the internet is a
place for business, and that not all business is equal. By allowing the creation of fast lanes,
the FCC is basically saying that some companies have the right to cordon off sections of the
internet to give priority to some over others. The idea of priority
assumes that there can no longer be neutrality or equality.
A goodis
traffic. Some cities began charging more for toll roads in times of high congestion, because
there were more cars on the road then. In other words, the internet is no longer a freeway.
There will now be toll rolls.
There are deeper issues here too. The
question becomes not...
In chapter 11 of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, who were some of the reform-minded authors who protested?
Chapter 11 of
this book mentions numerous authors who advocated reform.
The first two
mentioned are Matthew Josephson and Joel Spring. The former criticized President Benjamin
Harrison, and the latter decried " the development of a factory-like system" of
education.
Henry George wrote Progress and Poverty
(1879). Many readers, suffering from the economic depression of 1873, welcomed his
call for reform. His book was popular and was translated into many languages. George called for
"equality of opportunity" for all people.
Edward Bellamy authored
Looking Backward (1888). This book predicted a socialist utopia in the
country by 2000. Bellamy espoused the nationalization of public services. His ideas influenced
the platform of the Populist Party in 1892. His book was also read by the socialist Eugene
Debs.
Novelist Bret Harte decried violence against Chinese in an obituary he
wrote for one Chinese person who was murdered. Chinese immigrants had been an important factor
in building the railroads....
What is the representation of "woman as mother" in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man?
In A
Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man, as in many of Joyce's other works, the idea of
the "woman as a mother" is subtly interwoven into the text. Namely, Stephen Dedalus's
own mother is a character based on's own mother, and though she isn't a major character in the
novel, she is a constant presence in Stephen's mind. Early in the...
What are the main conflicts in act 4, scenes 1€“3 of Macbeth?
In act
4, scene 1, the most significant conflict is that which rages inside of 's own mind and which he
alludes to when he declares that he will murderso that he "may tell pale-hearted fear it
lies / And sleep in spite of thunder." In other words, even though one of the spirits has
told him that no man born of woman can harm him,decides that he will kill Macduff anyway, just
to be safe. He will also kill Macduff so that the fear he feelswhich prevents him from
sleepingcan be put to rest. At this point in the play, Macbeth has made so many enemies and is
so afraid of losing his throne that in his mind, there is a conflict between his natural bravery
and this unnatural fear. It is to resolve this conflict, and to determine whether he needs to be
either brave or fearful, that Macbeth demands to hear from : "I will be satisfied. Deny me
this, / And an eternal curse fall on you!"
In act 4, scene 1, there is
also a conflict between Macbeth and. Banquo...
Monday, January 25, 2010
How do you analyze and interpret "The Pit and the Pendulum"?
Any interpretation of a
given work of literature leaves itself open to massive debate, so I can present one of the
central ways in which this classic horror story can be interpreted, but please do not let this
analysis prevent you from exploring other ways of "reading" this great example of
Poe's Gothic .
Key to this analysis is a symbolic interpretation of the
events contained within. The story is set during the final days of the Spanish Inquisition, and
the first-person narrator hears judges condemn him to death. What he suffers in his prison cell
causes massive terror, especially the pendulum, which forces him to watch his death sink lower
towards him, literally inch by inch.
These torture methods by some are viewed
symbolically, which leads some critics to argue that this short story is really all about a man
who dies and almost loses his soul in the pit of hell but is saved by God at the very last
minute. Such critics argue that the intense fear the man feels at falling into the pit indicate
that it represents hell. The pendulum and scythe represent the time running out for the prisoner
and death coming to claim him. The rats that crawl over him symbolise death and decay, as they
horrify and disgust the prisoner. Lastly, the trumpet blasts and other apocalyptical sounds eat
the end of the short story are strongly suggestive of Judgement Day:
There was a discordant hum of human voices! There was a loud blast
as of many trumpets! There was a harsh grating as of a thousand thunders! The fiery walls rushed
back! An outstretched arm caught my own as I fell, fainting, into the abyss.
Such descriptions make us think of the action in deeper, more
profound, symbolic terms that help us to see the possibility that Poe could using the sufferings
of one prisoner during the Inquisition to talk more widely about the eternal dangers that await
us beyond the grave.
Are the motifs of dark and light there, and if so, how are they used?
The binary
between light and dark is a very present theme in . At the beginning of the poem, Dante tries to
climb a mountain to the light shining over it, but Virgil tells him that he must instead reach
the light through the darkness. This darkness represents hell. Hell is
darksometimes completely devoid of light, and sometimes lit dimly by
burning fires and heaven is full of the...
Use The Definition To Find An Expression For The Area Under The Curve Y = X3 From 0 To 1 As A Limit.
You should
create a partition of the interval [0,1] in n subintervals that have the following lengths such
that:
`Delta x_i = (1-0)/n = 1/n`
`x_i =
i*(1/n)`
You need to use limit definitionto evaluate the definite integral
such that:
`int_0^1 x^3 dx = lim_(n->oo) sum_(i=1)^n...
When services are delivered in different projects and different locations, there is a danger that service inventories will be comprised of...
The root of
this question is that, essentially, when you have different people, internally or externally,
performing similar functions without interactions in a company, there is bound to be
variability. If you are baking a cake for someone's wedding, and your coworker is doing the same
for a different wedding, without instruction, you will inherently make two differently designed
cakes.
The key to fixing this issue is standardization. Most companies have
"SOP's" or Standard Operating Procedures, which outline in detail the exact steps
required to achieve certain actions. Hypothetically, if these SOP's are followed to the letter,
the end result will be the same even if two different people are performing the action
independently.
This is not always the case, because equipment and
predispositions will still cause some differences. It begins to get complicated the more that is
included in the SOP, but it is often necessary to standardize the machinery used and the
maintenance procedures for working with the equipment.
Automation is a
further step to standardizing these processes, and it is the direction most companies are
heading towards currently. By automating a process, you can have a computer perform certain,
potentially variation-causing actions to ensure that it minimizes the variability in the
process. The computer system is able to recognize and correct issues as they arise to maintain
consistency, even in the face of operator variation.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
What happens to Winston after the physical beatings in Book 3 Chapter 2 of 1984?
This chapter relates
how, after a series of incredibly disturbing beatings,is completely broken and has confessed to
everything that he has been told he needs to confess to. But at the same time, his process of
rehabilitation, if that is what you want to call it, is not over yet. It is obvious that he
still has some way to go, and as he hears the voice of , it is clear that O'Brien recognises
this too:
Don't...
In Jerry Spinelli's Stargirl, what are Kevin's character traits?
Kevin is Leo's
friend and host of the high school's interview show called Hot Seat. He is
a typical Mica Area High School student because he conforms to the norms and unspoken rules of
what is accepted and expected at school and in town. Kevin is also one who would not want to
rock the social boat negatively for himself, but he's not afraid to do it forwhen he suggests
having her as a guest on his show. In addition, Kevin is a good friend to Leo, but he doesn't
feel very comfortable around Leo and Stargirl when they start dating because the whole school
shuns her. When Leo asks Kevin about it in chapter 18, Kevin says the following:
"People blame her. For the team losing. For our undefeated
season going down the toilet" (98).
Kevin still sits
with Leo at lunch, but Leo feels that his friend might also blame Stargirl. Because of the
shunning, Stargirl stops wearing prairie dresses and starts going by "Susan," which is
her real name. It is only after Stargirl changes that Kevin feels more comfortable hanging out
with the couple again. Therefore, Kevin is a static character because he remains the same type
of person throughout the book. He represents the thoughts and feelings of the student body, but
he is also supportive of his best friend Leo. He never changes his mind about Stargirl, nor does
he do anything more than be a good friend to Leo.
Winston feels that Julia is far more acute than he is in regard to the Party propaganda. What point does she raise that Winston never considered?
Above
Mr. Charrington's shop in their rented apartment,anddiscuss various aspects of the Party.
Winston admits that in some ways Julia is a far more acute thinker than he is and less
susceptible to Party propaganda. One day, Winston had mentioned something about the war against
Eurasia, and Julia simply dismissed his comments by casually saying that she did not believe the
Party was even engaged in a war. Julia proceeds to explain to Winston that she believes the
government is responsible for dropping bombs throughout the city in an attempt to "keep
people frightened." The idea that the Party was completely fabricating
a...
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Discuss John Proctor, the protagonist and Abigail Williams, the antagonist in The Crucible by Arthur Miller.
John
Proctor is a tragic hero. He is a flawed human being. The drama The Crucible
byserves as a platform for Proctor to forgive himself, save his pregnant wifes life,
and stop the foolishness of the Salem court. This is theProctors story.
Proctor is married to Elizabeth and has two sons. Elizabeth is pregnant again. Before
the play begins, Abigail Williams and Proctor have a brief affair. He now works to save his
marriage.
The crucible for John Proctor is the circumstances that he finds
himself in and the test that he must face. He refuses to lie and sign a false confession to
save himself from hanging. If Proctor lied and said that he was involved in witchcraft, he
believed that he would have lost his reputation and good name.
In each act,
Proctor faces a challenge that tests his integrity and honesty.
Act 1- Proctor finds out that Abigail is causing a furor
in Salem about witches and witchcraft. Abigail admits that it is all a sham.
Act 2 -...
Friday, January 22, 2010
Compare and contrast the Victor Frankenstein to his creation. Which of these characters is the hero of the book? Was that Mary Shelley's intension?...
Theof 's is that even thoughthinks
he has created a
monster,himself often acts more humanely than Victor, while
Victor's actions are often
monstrous. This ironic reversal, as well as the
similarities between Victor and his creature,
highlight the ways in which
humans can sometimes be "monsters."
When he is young,
Victor is a virtuous child, dedicated student, and devoted son and brother.
He
has an idyllic childhood. However, once he becomes interested in the
processes of life and
death, he becomes obsessed with his project of creating
life in something that was once dead.
Hence, he assembles dead body parts and
makes a creature that he then brings to life. He is
horrified by his creature
and abandons him. Victor fails to take responsibility for his
creation, and
in a sense, is a terrible father. He doesn't like the way his child/creature
looks
and is repulsed by what he (Victor) has done, so he runs away and
leaves the...
Thursday, January 21, 2010
What is the religious value of the Himalayas?
The
Himalaya Mountain range carries religious significance on many levels. For Hindus, the mountain
range is where Mount Kailash exists, the home of Lord Shiva and Devi Parvati. The Himayala
Mountain range represents the domestic realm of Shiva and Parvati. Along these lines, one of
the 12 Jyotirlingas, Amarnath, is formed out of ice during each year and attracts many devotees
to the Himalayas. For the Vaishnavites in Hinduism, the temple of Badrinath is of extreme
devotional importance. Additionally, the Himalayas hold the source of the Ganges River, and
thus is the home of Ganga. For Hindus, the Himalayas is of vital religious value.
Buddhists also place much importance on the Himalaya Mountains. There are many
Buddhist monasteries located in the Himalyas. The Himalayas are vitally important to the
Buddhists, as they represents both the home of and the escape route for the Dalai Lama in
escaping the Chinese. The Buddhist notion of renunciation is emphasized in the Himalayas'
geography emphasizing a focal point of unity with the world around the individual and loss of
self. In this, the Himalayas serve as a point of extreme religious value for multiple
religions.
In Zindel's The Pigman, what is Lorraine's mother like?
Lorraine's
mother is a single mom who works fulltime as a hospice nurse. When Lorraine was little, her
mother had just gotten a divorce from her cheating husband when he was involved in a car crash
and died. Lorraine's mother was never the same after two personally traumatic events happened
within a short time period. Since then, she projects her fears and pain onto Lorraine by warning
her of the terrible things men do to women. Not only that, but Lorraine's mother makes her
daughter feel worthless and ugly. John doesn't like the way Lorraine's mother makes her feel and
describes the situation as follows:
"The way her old
lady talks you'd think Lorraine needed plastic surgery and seventeen body braces, but if you ask
me, all she needs is a little confidence" (19).
John's perspective suggests that Lorraine's mother makes her feel physically
unattractive. She also makes Lorraine feel untrustworthy because her mother has trust issues.
For example, when Lorraine buys her mother some nylons (with Mr. Pignati's money) she asks her a
couple of times where she got the money to buy nylons. Lorraine lies and tells her mother that
she saved her lunch money for them. She describes the scene about the nylons and her mother as
follows:
"She mulled that over a few seconds, but she
had to get to work on time and couldn't devote her full energies to interrogating. She always
makes me tell the same story over a week or so later to see if I slip up on any details"
(108).
Lorraine's mother has had a hard life and it shows
in her relationship with her daughter. She has learned not to trust anyone, she works hard, and
she does the best she can with what she has in life, but this makes it very difficult for
Lorraine to live with her.
Why is the role of Mistress Hibbins critical to the overall plot of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter?
The Scarlett Letter, by
, is set in Puritan New England; it is a time of great suspicion and therefore also of great
accusation. Sin is condemned in the strongest terms, both from the pulpit and from the Puritans
themselves. They are even quicker to pass judgment and condemn others when they are trying to
deflect people from seeing their own sins. It is against this backdrop that Hawthorne places ,
her former husband, her secret lover, and her daughter.
One of the
peripheralin this novel is , the governor's sister who is later killed for being a witch.
(Hibbins is based on a real woman in Puritan history who was, in fact, condemned and killed for
practicing witchery.) She does not appear often in the novel, but when she does she seems to
recognize the "hidden sins" of both Hester and , and several times she invites Hester
to join her in the forest (a symbolic place of darkness, evil, and sin).
Wilt thou go with us tonight? There will be a merry company in the
forest; and I well-nigh promised the Black Man that comely Hester Prynne should make
one.
Though she does not play a major role in
, Mistress Hibbins is a grim reminder that Puritans do not tolerate overt
sins, such as the practice of witchcraft and adultery (though it certainly allows hypocrisy and
judgmentalism in seemingly pious people to continue unchecked). Hester tellsshe has been visited
by the "Black Man" only once, and the letter that she wears is her mark; this connects
Hester to the only other woman in the novel who claims to have dealings with the "Black
Man" (Satan).
Each time Hester is at a crossroads, she meets Mistress
Hibbins, such as at the Governor's mansion and the scaffold. Mistress Hibbins is both a reminder
of Hester's sin and her choice of how to deal with that sin. These are two constant thematic and
plot elements in the story, which make Mistress Hibbins essential to the
novel.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
What was the significance of the Townshend Acts?
The
Townshend Acts were important because they were another example of new taxes levied by the
British government in an attempt to raise money to help offset the cost of running the colonies.
The colonists had strongly opposed the Stamp Act because they believed that they didnt have
representatives in Parliament that could speak about and vote on the proposed taxes. The taxes
created by the Townshend Acts reignited this debate.
The taxes created by the
Townshend Acts were a little different from those created by the Stamp Act. The taxes created by
the Stamp Act were paid at the point of sale. Thus, the Stamp Act was an example of direct
taxation, as the colonists could see the tax added to the price of the item. The taxes created
by the Townshend Acts were on imports. Thus, these were paid by the importer and then passed on
to the colonists. This was a form of indirect taxation, as the taxes were already included in
the final price of the product that the colonists paid.
The Townshend Acts
led to more protests by the colonists, including agreements not to import products from Great
Britain. Ultimately, all taxes created by the Townshend Acts were repealed after the Boston
Massacre, except for the tax on tea. The Townshend Acts were another example of events that led
to the deterioration of relations between the British and the colonists.
Monday, January 18, 2010
In Pygmalion, what is Liza's one quality that most fascinates Higgins and Pickering?
Higgins and
Pickering are fascinated by the way Liza speaks.
Higgins is a scientist of
phonetics. When he meets Liza in the rain, he jots down her words phonetically and then guesses
her exact birthplace from her accent.
Pickering is a linguist of Indian
dialects. Pickering is on his way to introduce himself to Professor Higgins when they meet by
accident on the corner in the rain. Pickering observes Higgins recording Liza's words and
guessing her origin. He finds Higgins's ability to pinpoint a person's birth place from their
accent admirable.
Later, Higgins and Pickering are socializing at Higgins's
house when Liza comes and offers to pay a shilling to Higgins to teach her to talk like a lady.
Pickering offers to pay for the lessons under the condition that Higgins can pass Liza off as a
duchess at an upcoming garden party. Higgins therefore is initially interested in Liza for her
cockney accent, while Pickering is interested in whether Liza can change her accent and learn to
speak like a duchess.
How do cars contribute to the destabilization of Earth's atmosphere and climate?
Numerous
studies have shown that cars are a major contributor of greenhouse gases in thewhich are a cause
of climate change. In the United States alone, exhaust from cars and trucks are the cause of
about 20 percent of all emissions in the country. Most of this comes directly from the tailpipes
of the vehicles when gasoline is burned in the car's engine. Some also comes from the petroleum
extraction and delivery process itself. One gallon of gas burned in a car's engine directly
produces around 19 pounds of carbon dioxide. Carbon Dioxide rises into the atmosphere and
prevents heat from escaping the planet, leading to rising climate temperatures
overall.
There are other ways that cars destabilize the climate as well. The
manufacturing process itself has huge environmental impacts as the materials needed to produce a
car (metals, plastics, rubber, glass, various chemicals) must all be extracted and processed.
The production of these parts and their assembly in factories produce further emissions that
lead to climate change.
Even the roads that cars drive on have an effect.
Clearing natural vegetation and covering up ground with the dark surfaces of roads leads to the
absorption of heat radiating from the sun. Places with more pavement tend to get hotter on sunny
days and stay hotter longer because the paved ground cannot quickly shed the heat it
absorbs.
Can you explain how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act impacts organizational culture and why federal oversight like this is needed?
The
Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002 (Sarbanes-Oxley) was a
congressional response to the accounting scandals at a number of major corporations, most
infamously, the energy company Enron. By the time the scandal had played out, Enron was out of
business, and one of the country's largest and most prestigious accounting firms, Arthur
Anderson, was also on the rocks. And Enron was only one of a handful of major firms to be
caught up in the scandal. Investors lost billions of dollars and public confidence in the
securities industry and in the government's diligence in policing that industry was seriously
diminished.
Upon signing the bill into law, President George W. Bush noted
that Sarbanes-Oxley would mandate the "most far-reaching reforms of American business
practices since the time of Franklin Roosevelt. The era of low standards and false profits is
over; no boardroom in America is above or beyond the law."
SOX
represented a major...
In the poem "Annabel Lee," according to the narrator, why was his love taken away from him?
The
narrator's lover in the famous poem by , "," is the title character. Over the course
of the poem, the narrator relates that Annabel Lee was chilled in line 14, which eventually
killed her. He says, "the wind came out of a cloud by night, / chilling and killing my
Annabel Lee" (25-26). As a result, her cold body was then taken away to be placed in a tomb
by her family in lines 27-30.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines
"chill" as "a cold feeling" and also as "an illness that makes you feel
cold." In...
Sunday, January 17, 2010
In Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist, how old is Santiago when the story begins? How do you know?
In
Paulo Coelho's novel , it can often times be misleading in trying
to ascertain the age of Santiago for he is often times referred to as "the boy." There
are probably several reasons for this. Quite literally in his culture, he may be considered a
boy because he has not chosen a "fixed" career and married. He may not have taken on
the responsibilities of a grown man in having a plan for his life. He is much like a child still
filled with dreams and a desire not to settle down (though as the story
progresses, he isexperiencing the first desires to stay in one place, with
a merchant's daughter). For the sake of the novel, he has not yet determined his Personal
Legend; at the beginning of the novel, he does not even know there is such a thing. So the sense
that he is a boy simply may indicate that in terms of searching out his destiny, Santiago has
not yet begun his journey.
As with most stories, we learn about our main
characters at the beginning of the novel, where we begin to form our initial impressions. As
with many first impressions, these perceptions will remain with the reader and should be
"in sync" with what the character does: this is certainly the case with
Santiago.
We meet a young "man" who knows what he
does not want, and vaguely what he does want: he
does not want to join the church as his family would have him do.
He does want to travel (and has since he was a small boy), and logically
decides that shepherding would provide him with this opportunity. And in keeping with this
persona, he comes to love and know his sheep, care for them and appreciate them. He is a good
person.
When the story begins, Santiago has found a ruined church, and it is
here that we learn that he provides shelter for his sheep and accounts for each onehe will even
search the entire next day if one sheep wanders away. (It his here that we see Santiago
presented as a Christ-like figure.)
When the boy wakens, we learn several
things: he is a "serious" reader, so we can assume that he is relatively smart. He has
had "the recurring dream" again, he is aware of an undefined energy that he shares
with his sheep and he has been with his sheep for two years.
It was as if some mysterious energy bound his life to that of the sheep, with whom he
had spent the past two years...
Again, later, the boy
thinks of the two years he has traveled the "Andalusian terrain." And immediately
thereafter, he reveals his age:
He was planning, on this
visit, to explain to the girl how it was that a simple shepherd knew how to read. That he had
attended a seminary until he was sixteen...
So we know he
is at least eighteen, though he might be a littleolder.
Ironically, Santiago thinks to himself...
But
ever since he had been a child, he had wanted to know the world, and this was much more
important to him than knowing God...
As the story
progressesafter he meets Melchizedek and crosses the desert to the oasis where he will meet
Fatimahe will encounter the alchemist who will boast of Santiago's ability to change himself
into the wind, and here Santiago will meet God.
Though
he is referred to as a boy, it is only because he has not been tried by the world and found his
Personal Legend that he is not considered a man. By the novel's end, this is not the
case.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
What Was Significant About Nick's 30th Birthday
Inof 's
novel , the main-- the Buchanans, , , and-- are atand 's home in East Egg,
the stifling heat exacerbating the tensions that already permeate the . The infidelities and
animosities that weave through and among the assembled are taking their toll, and it is clear
that nobody is particularly happy these days. The group decides to go into the city, where the
situation worsens.
The atmosphere among the characters continues to sour,
until, tired of Tom's tirades, Gatsby finally blurts out that Daisy only married Tom because she
was tired of waiting for Gatsby to amass the wealth necessary to satisfy her longing for
financial security -- a definition of comfort that far exceeded any rational, middle class
concept of such. Tom rebuts Gatsby's assertion, shouting that he and Daisy love each other, and
that, while he may stray from time to time, he continues to love her, prompting Daisy to call
her husband "revolting."
Through it all, Nick silently observes,
only rarely commenting. Finally, a thought occurs to him:
I just remembered that today's my birthday.
"I was thirty.
Before me stretched the portentous menacing road of a new decade."
Nick's comment that it is his birthday serves as a sudden reminder
to himself of his presence among these unhappy, rich people. Heretofore, in the course of the
chapter, Nick has served as the ubiquitous observer of others. Now, he is reaffirming his
existence, and that he has, consciously or not, sublimated is own identity to those in whose
world he has immersed himself since moving to Long Island. The thirtieth birthday is considered
a major milestone in many peoples' lives, marking, in a sense, the final transition from youth
to the sometimes brutal realities of adulthood. This milestone, however, crept up on
Fitzgerald's narrator. Nick has invested so much of his life in the travails and intrigues of
this mercurial group of people that he forgot his own thirtieth birthday. He has done so as the
lives of those around him continue their gradual but steady descent into the ennui that the
author has so studiously depicted in his novel. Not only has his birthday come and (almost)
gone, without his noticing, but the decade ahead, Nick notes ominously, will deprive the wealthy
in whose world he has entered of that which has distinguished them. The Great Depression lies
ahead, and it is in hindsight that Nick suggests his transition into adulthood, and the harsh
realities that portends, will not be much fun.
In Beowulf, what are some examples of kennings and personification?
Anglo-Saxon
poems like
are riddled with kennings, and they add to the richthat is used
to describe
the adventures of their epic heroes like Beowulf. Kennings are a descriptive
phrase
or compound word that replaces a noun; a noun phrase which describes a
well-known, familiar noun
in a new and more descriptive way. They
are typically (but not always) two word phrases which
give specific
information about the qualities and characteristics of the noun the phrase
replaces.
Acan be almost like a puzzle or riddle, because its purpose
is to
show the item in an unusual way.
Kennings are often
used in
Beowulf to describe the hero as well as the
supernatural opponents that he
faces. Kennings used to describe Beowulf
include the Geats ring-giver, mighty protector of men,
or the Prince of the
Geats. Grendel is described as the Midnight Stalker, sin-stained demon, or
the Almighty's enemy. By using such powerful language, the poet not only refers to a
character
in a new and...
What is Urrea's main argument/message in The Devil's Highway?
As other
educators have already pointed out, in The Devils Highway, Urrea aims to
humanize the immigrants who cross the border on foot illegally, to engender sympathy for their
plight, and to raise awareness of its core cause: social and economic inequity.
Adding to that, from my perspective, Urreas main message and main argument is
this:
Although its impossible to point the finger at any single villain or
politician or corporation, saying Youre at fault for this suffering, and although its
impossible to identify a single, clear-cut way to solve the rampant
inequity that causes border crossings (and all its inherent suffering and loss of life),
we all share responsibility for working to ease, and ultimately to resolve, this
humanitarian crisis.
At the end of the text, in the Reading
Group Guide, Urrea reminds us that many groups and regulations are at fault (such as corporate
bosses, the border enforcement policy in the United States, and the Mexican...
Thursday, January 14, 2010
In Coelho's The Alchemist, why is it significant that Santiago's treasure is not buried where he thought it was, but isin a place one of the robbers...
Coelho's
relies on quite a number of literary devices to impart the story's themes
and messages to the reader. For instance, there are many Biblical allusions that reflect similar
situations that Santiago has to confront.
Coelho also usesand presents the
robber as something of a foil. A foil is defined as...
€¦[a] character that serves by contrast to highlight or emphasize opposing traits in
another character.
Although the robber appears only for a
brief moment of time, his attitudes and actions serve to provide Santiago with a faint
reflection of himselfa young man entrusted with dreams. The robber also shows the reader how
very different these two young men are in terms of how they interact with the world.
The alchemist hints at this when he says:
No
matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And
normally he doesn't know it.
This is certainly the case
when Santiago is attacked near the Pyramids. He believes he is supposed to
dig at a particular spot to find his treasure, and he must dig but not for
his treasure: it is here that one member of a group of robbers will tell Santiago something he
needs to hear (as the robber plays his central role). This part of
Santiago's journey is necessary in realizing his Personal Legend. After the men have beaten the
boy, Santiago finally tells them about his dream, and admits he is looking for
treasure.
The leader decides that Santiago has nothing more of any value
(and that he's is stupid), and decides to leave. But before they go, the
leader's words show us first that he is not following
his Personal Legendfor he has ignored his dreams.
Second, his words tell Santiago that the boy
will be rewarded because he
has followed his dreams:
Two years
ago, right here on this spot, I had a recurrent dream, too. I dreamed that I should travel to
the fields of Spain and look for a ruined church where shepherds and their sheep
slept.
The leader of the thieves continues to describe
what he saw in his dreamsincluding the tree: the very same place Santiago rested with his sheep
back home. The thief's dreams told him that at the roots of the tree, the thief would find
treasure.
But I'm not so stupid as to cross an entire
desert just because of a recurrent dream.
Here, then,
Coelho also uses irony. Irony is the difference between what one believes
will happen and what really happens. This is an example of situational
irony, when...
...accidental events occur that
seem oddly appropriate...
For this is certainly not what
the reader or Santiago expected. And Santiago is not the stupid
oneobviously the leader of the thieves is.
In
situational irony, both the character in the story and the reader realize
the importance of what has happened. Santiago knows immediately that he must return to his
homeland, to the grove with the church ruins. At the base of the sycamore tree, if he digs, he
will find treasure. And because Santiago has listened to the Language of
the World and has never stopped pursuing his Personal Legend, he comes home to find what the
universe contrived he would discover...what the universe
hoped he would find before he ever left Spain.
"If
he had not believed in the significance of recurring dreams," he would never have started
on his journey, would never have the people who taught and directed him; he would not have found
Fatima; and, he would not have found the treasure...or seen the
Pyramids.
Act 4 is the most dramatic in the play Pygmalion. It illustrates the success of professor Higgins in transforming Eliza as well as his failure in...
Act IV has the
crisis of Shaw's play, for it is the moment when the conflict presented in the first act comes
to a head. In this act, the cirisis is the outgrowth of a conflict between Higgins and Eliza.
After all the efforts that Higgins has made to have Eliza appear to be a lady, he yet perceives
her as a "guttersnipe"; however, Eliza feels that she has undergone a change that
leads to her identity crisis.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
What are some figures of speech in Thomas Gray's poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"?
's powerful
and evocative poem, " in a Country
Churchyard," employs a Neo-classical form while
demonstrating poetic
techniques of Romanticism. Gray's elegy is written in heroic quatrains of a
lofty tone--a stanza of four lines of iambic pentameter having the rhyme
scheme abab. It ends with an epitaph, a poetic inscription intended
to be
on a gravestone.
Below are some figures of speech
that this poem
employs.
:
the attribution of human traits to
non-human or inanimate objects
- In stanza 9: "Let
not Ambition mock
their useful tool." Ambition is capitalized as
though it were a name, and it
"mocks," which is a human trait. - In
stanza 9: "The
boast of heraldry, the pomp of
power,/ And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave." "Boast" and
"pomp"
are human characteristics. - In stanza 11:
"Flattery" can
"soothe," and "Death" possesses a "cold
ear." "Flattery" is given the human
ability to soothe; Death is mentioned as a
person who possesses an ear and
refuses to hear. - In stanza 12:
"Hands" might have been
"swayed"--(persuaded). Hands are a human trait, and
people
persuade. - In stanza 13: "Knowledge to their eyes her
ample
page." The feminine pronoun her is used with the
quality of knowledge,
thus affording it human qualities. - In stanza 22: "Forgetfulness"
is "dumb." Because most objects and
living things are mute, making it notable that
something or someone is unable
to speak is personification. - In stanza 23:
"The voice of
Nature." Nature is likened to a person who speaks.
: (often) an unstated comparison of two
unlike
things; one thing is spoken of as though it were something
else
- In
stanza 9: "The boast of heraldry"
(noble descent, wealth and power) and "the
paths of glory" (honor and
distinction) "lead but to the grave." Gray makes
unstated comparisons of
noble descent to the possession of wealth, power, and "paths of
glory" to
distinction. - In stanza 15: "The little tyrant of his
fields withstood." Here, Gray alludes to the unknown poor who are buried in the
churchyard
and the possibility that some of them may have been infamous or
great if they had been of a
higher social station and of notable names. The
farmer, for instance, is likened in an unstated
comparison to a "tyrant."
Also, another buried in this forgotten churchyard may have
been "Some mute
inglorious Milton," and still another may have been "Some
Cromwell."
: The repetition
of
consonant sounds in a line of poetry
- In
stanza 9, the /p/ is
repeated-- "the pomp of power" - In
stanza 22, the /l/ is
repeated-- "Nor cast one longing lingering look
behind?" - In
stanza 25, the /h/ is repeated, as is
/s/: "Haply some hoary-headed swain may
say."
What is the falling action and resolution of Fever 1793?
The falling
action of , by , begins when the cold winter climate sets in and results in
the mosquitoes that carry the fever dying off, which signals an end to the epidemic.
Philadelphia is once again filled with people, the markets are bustling with customers, and
there is food available for purchase.
The resolution begins when Mattie asks
Eliza, the African American coffeehouse cook, to be her business partner and to help
her...
Calculate the value of the sum 1/(sqrt1+sqrt2) + 1/(sqrt2+sqrt3) + 1/(sqrt3+sqrt4) + ...+1/(sqrt99+sqrt100)
1/(sqrt1+ sqrt2)
+ 1/(sqrt2 + sqrt3) + ....+ 1/(sqrt99+ sqrt100)
We know that:
1/(sqrta + sqrt(1+a) = sqrt(a+1) -sqrta
==>sqrt2 - sqrt1 + sqrt3
-sqrt2 + ...+ sqrt100 -sqrt99
= -sqrt1 + sqrt100
= -1 +
10
= 9
What are some problems faced in a non-democratic country?
The
problems faced by citizens of a
non-democratic country are considerable, and sometimes
fatal.
"Non-democratic," by definition, implies an autocratic or
dictatorial form of government, such as existed in the Soviet Union and across Eastern
Europe
during the Cold War, and in countries like North Korea, Venezuela and
Cuba today. (For purposes
of discussion, I'll omit war-torn quasi- or
non-democratic governments in Iraq, Syria and
Afghanistan.) In countries
ruled by dictators, either a political party like the Communist Party
of
China or by individuals like the late Fidel Castro in Cuba or the ruling Kim family in
North
Korea, the people can either submit to all forms of oppression, or
suffer the consequences of
dissidencereal or perceivedby being thrown into
brutal prison camps and tortured and starved to
death, or by being summarily
executed with a bullet to the back of the head.
Dictatorships deny their citizens the fundamental freedoms Americans and others
in
democratic countries take for granted, such as the freedoms of speech,
assembly, and religion.
They deny their citizens due process of law, and
provide extremely limited opportunities for
professional careers. In some
non-democratic countries, like Chile under the late Augusto
Pinoche and,
since the late 1970s, China, there is a large measure of economic freedom
(although, in China, most major corporations are owned by the state and, in effect, by
the
Chinese Communist Party and the People's Liberation Army). In most
non-democratic countries,
however, the government maintains strict controls
on the economy, and many people spend their
lives essentially slaving away in
government-controlled factories, working for minimal wages and
little or no
benefits.
Another problem of non-democratic countries is
the
prevalence of corruption. Although present in democracies, dictatorships
virtually always
exhibit extraordinarily high levels of official corruption.
Bribes for basic services are a way
of life, and judicial systems are
similarly corrupt, with bribes needed to ensure a favorable
outcome. Police
are routinely bribed and many such police departments engage in criminal
conduct
themselves, such as extortion of businesses and individuals in order
to for the latter to be
"free" to operate.
Finally, as
bad as the environment in many
democracies has become, the situations in
dictatorships are even worsemuch worse. Environmental
degradation associated
with the nuclear weapons complex in the United States was revealed, after
the
Cold War, as far worse than many understood. In Russia and the former Soviet republics,
the
conditions were beyond imagination. As badly as manufacturing plants in
America polluted
waterways, the situation in countries like Russia and China
is far worse, because there has been
little or no freedom to protest those
conditions, as the media are controlled by the governments
and the freedom to
protest is strongly denied. Whistle-blowers and human rights activists
regularly risk their lives in such countries, not just their jobs. Investigative
journalists in
democratic countries may, at worst, be jailed for their
refusal to disclose their sources of
classified information, and such cases
are very rare (most prominent examples in the U.S.
occurred during the Obama
Administration). In Russia, one of the deadliest professions is that
of
investigative journalist. Russian President Vladimir Putin's enemies in the press
and
elsewhere have a tendency to end up dead.
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Show me a picture of the family crest for Romeo and Juliet. I really need it tonight for my nephews project. If you can tell me the web site to find...
Well, this is a
tough one to answer for three reasons. First, they are fictional, and so would not necessarily
match the crests in the real world. Second, they got together without family permission, and so
might be denied formal use of the Montague crest. Third, there is more than one Montage to
choose from.
That said, you could try the following sites:
Symbolism In The Devil And Tom Walker
's home:
Tom's home is described as "forlorn looking." It is isolated
and not inviting. Irving describes the "air of starvation" that surrounds the home.
The cold appearance and miserable exterior symbolizes the unhealthy relationship
between Tom and his wife. Similar to their home, Tom and his wife have a
terrible, unhappy relationship. Their home symbolically represents their toxic
relationship.
The swamp:
This area is isolated, damp, and spooky. It is considered 's territory and Tom chooses to enter
the swamp because it is a shortcut home. The swamp is muddy and full of pits and
quagmires. The swamp symbolizes the mess that you will get into when you decide to
take shortcuts in life. Tom's shortcut leads him to a dingy place where he runs
into the devil. Tom also decides to take a shortcut to becoming wealthy by selling his soul to
the devil.
Darkness:
Throughout the story, Irving uses darkto set the mood. The devil is associated with
darkness which creates an ominousto the story. From the dark swamp to the devil's
"black" appearance, Irving uses dark imagery to symbolize evil.
Traditionally, good is associated with the color white, while evil is associated with the color
black. The darkness also provides a feeling of impending evil and doom.
Bible buried under the mortgage: When
the devil arrives to take Tom away, Irving writes that Tom's Bible was buried underneath the
mortgage that he was about to foreclose. This symbolically represents the extent
of Tom's greed and moral decay. The position of the mortgage illustrates that Tom
values money over his faith.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
In Chapter 2 of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter, what imagery is used to describe Hester physically?
Inof s novel
, s dominant physical traits are described in some detail. Those traits,
and their significance, include the following:
- The first physical
detail mentioned about Hester is her youth. The fact that she is young helps explain her sexual
attractiveness and also helps emphasize the likely duration of her punishment and suffering. If
she were a very old woman, she might have just a very few years to live. Instead, the fact that
she is a young woman means that she may have to bear her disgrace for many decades. - The second physical trait attributed to Hester is physical strength, as when she
repels the hand of her jailor and emerges from her imprisonment as if by her own free will. Her
physical strength suggests the other kinds of strength €“ including strength of character €“ she
will later display. - Having emerged from jail, Hester is said by...
Monday, January 4, 2010
What are the tensions in Winstons life in 1984?
's whole
life is one of tension. The source of this, in a totalitarian society, is not exactly that there
are explicit laws against freedom of activity. It is rather, as Winston observes, that nothing
is actually illegal because there are no laws. There is an overriding
awareness that one has absolutely no freedom, even of thought, though nothing about this is ever
directly stated by the regime. For all Outer Party members such as Winston, the assumption is
that the Thought Police are omniscient and that any kind of "heresy" against Big
Brother and the Party, even if it's never been openly expressed, will be punished with torture
and death. Even before Winston has begun his diary and written DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, he knows
he is doomed.
The secondary tensions in Winston's life are mostly an
outgrowth of this primary fear of discovery, punishment, and death. But Winston is also haunted
by the memory of his mother and sister, and his abuse that caused them to leave him when he was
a youth. Before , the absence of a woman in his life exacerbates his isolation and his
frustrated, resentful attitude. But the affair with Julia, he knows, simply compounds the
"crimes" he has already committed. His interactions with others, in general, are
filled with additional tension because his neighbors and associates are people he either
dislikes or fears. Though he enjoys the company of Syme on an intellectual level and admires
Syme for his intelligence, Winston also fears him because Syme is a fanatical adherent of the
Party and would betray Winston instantly if he suspected him of thoughtcrime. (Syme himself,
however, ends up vaporized.) Parsons, though seemingly harmless and himself eventually arrested
for thoughtcrime, is tiresome and annoying to Winston in his own dull-witted party fanaticism.
So there is basically nothing positive in Winston's life, which is overwhelmed by tension and
fear from start to finish.
What is life like for the residents of Camazotz?
Meg,
Charles, and Calvin tesser to the planet Camazotz, where they attempt to save Mr. Murry from IT.
The entire planet of Camazotz is under the oppressive influence of IT, which controls the minds
of the citizens and cultivates a strict, austere environment where conformity is enforced. On
Camazotz, uniformity is required, and any deviation from the norm is severely punished. Citizens
must adhere to IT's commands while behaving and appearing the same as everyone else.
When Meg, Charles, and Calvin first arrive, they enter a community where every boy is
bouncing a ball simultaneously and each girl is jumping rope at the exact same speed. They
quickly discover that uniformity is the defining feature of the population, which is under IT's
complete control. The citizens live in fear of IT and try their best to conform in order to
avoid punishment or death. In essence, IT oppresses the population; the planet is a dystopia
where individuality does not exist and people are forced to act and think the
same.
Define the term "Orientalism" as coined by Edward Said.
Before Edward Said published in 1978, the terms
"Orientalism" and "Orientalist" had been used for centuries simply to denote
the academic study of Asian and Middle Eastern language, history, and culture. For instance, a
famous scholar of the eighteenth century, Sir William Jones, who wrote a grammar of the Persian
language and translated legal documents from Arabic and Sanskrit, was widely known as
"Orientalist Jones."
Said's book redefined the term
"Orientalism" as something pejorative and patronizing. He wrote that the East, which
appears in Orientalist discourse, was a series of...
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Which character claims to hate peace?
In
act 1, scene 1 of , it
iswho proclaims,
What, drawn, and talk
of peace? I hate the word
As I hate hell, all Montagues,
and
thee.
Here, he is referring to the fact that,
while
trying to break up the fight before it escalates, has his own sword
drawn, which...
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Why is the closing scene of the novel important? How does it conclude the novel or what message does it leave us with?
In the final
scene of the Scarlet Letter, we see the shared tombstone ofand . They lie
in repose near each other.
Hester Pryne returned to the Puritanical life
even after she had been given the means to return to England where she lived for some time. But
the scarlet A had...
How can using moles be useful in doing calculations in stoichiometry? Give at least two reasons. In this unit you have been reminded that the mole is...
Stoichiometry is the study of ratios
of elements or compounds and the way they react
with each other in specific
ratios or quantities. Oftentimes, moles are used in describing
these
releationships between elements and/or compounds. Moles are useful because they
describe
the number of a specific element required to react with a specific
number of another element.
Consider the formation of water:
2H2 + O2 ---> 2H20
There are 2 moles of
hydrogen required to react with one mole of oxygen which
will...
Saturday, January 2, 2010
How many 4 digits codes are possible using the numbers 0 -9 only once?
The codes
have to be prepared using the numbers 0-9 and are 4 digit long. Also, each of the numbers can be
used only once
We have 10 choices for the first digit.
As
there are no repetitions, there are 9 choices for the second digit, 8 choices for the third
digit and 7 choices for the fourth digit.
In all, the number of codes that
can be created are 10*9*8*7 = 5040
The number of 4 digit codes
possible using the numbers 0-9 only once is 5040.