Essays on Rucker

American Public University

1. Compute the elasticities for each independent variable. Note: Write down all of your calculations. QD = - 5200 - 42P + 20PX + 5.2I + 0.20A + 0.25M and Q = Quantity demanded of 3-pack units P (in cents) = Price of the product = 500 cents per 3-pack unit PX (in cents) = Price of leading competitor’s product = 600 cents per 3-pack unit I (in dollars) = Per capita income of the standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA) in which the supermarkets are located = $5,500 A (in dollars) = Monthly advertising expenditures = $10,000 M = Number of microwave ovens sold in the SMSA in which the supermarkets ...

American Public University

1. Compute the elasticities for each independent variable. Note: Write down all of your calculations. The demand estimation as follows: QD = -3,500 - 150P + 30A + 75PX + 10Y. When P=300, A=750, PX=200, and Y=10,000. Placing these numbers into equation: QD=-3,500-150(300)+30(750)+75(200)+10(10,000)=QD=-3,500-45,000+22,500+15,000+100,000=89,000. Under given these numbers, we have 89,000 products demanded. Price elasticity of demand is [d(QD)/d(P)]/[QD/P]. Therefore, we take a derivative of the function subject to price, and we assume other variables do not ...

Central to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s writing of The Birthmark is the unexplained mark that was on “Georgiana’s left cheeka little [similar] to the human hand, though of the smallest pygmy size” (Hawthorne par.7). Initially, the mark had brought Georgiana much admiration with some lovers asserting that the impression on her face was subject to a “fairy” whose tiny hand had somehow landed on the woman’s cheek when she was young (par. 7). The problem is, Aylmer, who happens to the story’s protagonist and Georgiana’s husband, fails to see the appeal of such a mark on ...

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The common element in Kongo burial practices is the relationship of the living to their ancestors and recently deceased relatives. An ancient, syncretic religion, its absorption of Catholic influences and elements of various African traditions enhanced the tendency of idiosyncratic belief systems to develop among the individual villages. This diffusion of belief and practice facilitated the spread of a diverse and versatile religion from Africa to the New World where it has exhibited remarkable coherence in the expression of burial practices. The trans-Atlantic slave trade strengthened the emotional need to connect with the past, not only with one’s departed ...