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1) Explain the Pythagorean theorem and give an example where the knowledge is used to solve a problem in an everyday situation.
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Let's build up squares on the sides of a right triangle. Pythagoras' Theorem then claims that the sum of (the areas of) two small squares equals (the area of) the large one.
In algebraic terms, a2 + b2 = c2 where c is the hypotenuse while a and b are the sides of the triangle.
Problems in oriental tile designs can be solved using this theorm.
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2) Explain the concept of marginal thinking and give an example of something created in the business world based on the concept.
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The concept of marginal thinking is a persons earnings usually increase with age, what are some reasons that people generally choose to go on to college when they are younger instead of waiting.
Dairy farms were created from this concept.
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3) In the month of May, you have budgeted $700 to spend on a specific advertising stream. You decided that each weekend day,(Saturday and Sunday), you want to spend twice as much as each weekday. How much do you budget each weekday and thus each weekend day?
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I would spend all $700 on a 2 week banner spot here on GFY.
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4) A baseball team has nine starting players batting. In what situation can they all finish a game and all nine have the same batting averages they had before the game started.
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In a very long game that doesn't conclude until all players finish the game and all nine have the same batting averages they had before the game started.