Assume you are the supervisor in a car assembly plant where each car produced needs one body and four wheels. You learn that the plant has 200 bodies and 900 wheels. How many cars can be made from this inventory? (How does this problem fit in with the law of definite proportions?)

The part of a plant embryo that feeds the growing seedling is the A. seed coat. B. primary root. C. endosperm. D. cotyledon.

The cost C of manufacturing n calculators per day at a certain plant is given by C=n(20-0.01n)+100. The size of the plant limits the maximum output to 500 calculators per day. If the company plans to invest $5200 per day in manufacturing costs, how many calculators per day can it manufacture?

Diverse plant communities have many species representing a variety of plant types such as grasses, shrubs, succulents, hardwood trees, softwood trees, vines, and ferns. What factors increase a community's diversity? Age of the community? Energy input? Moisture? Nutrients? Disturbance? Human activity? How do they do so?

What does a plant need that makes it necessary for seed germination to start with the emergence of a root rather than a shoot?

What are two ways of reducing the negative aspects associated with using absorption costing to evaluate the performance of a plant manager?

It is proposed to build a $1000 \mathrm{MW}$ electric power plant with steam as the working fluid. The condensers are to be cooled with river water (see Fig.). The maximum steam temperature is $550^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$, and the pressure in the condensers will be $10 \mathrm{kPa}$. Estimate the temperature rise of the river downstream from the power plant.

Which plant division has plants with needlelike or scaly leaves? A. Gnetophyta, B. Anthophyta, C. Coniferophyta, D. Cycadophyta.

If you were to compare the function of a cell to the function of a city, which of the following organelles would be the city's power plant?(Hint: Step 1. Identify the function of each organelle. Step 2. Compare each organelle's function to the function of a power plant.) A. nucleus B. lysosome C. mitochondrion D. Golgi complex

When you are using a bottle of vinegar-and-oil salad dressing, you have to shake it up for mixing. Why?

In each of the following sentences, underline the parts of the compound subject. Are plant nutrients and dirt really derivative products of rocks?

You are comparing two companies in the same industry. You have determined that Leslie Corp. depreciates its plant assets over a 40-year life, whereas Camby Corp. depreciates its plant assets over a 20-year life. Discuss the implications this has for comparing the results of the two companies.

Solve the application problem. Round to the nearest cent.

Ajax Coal sets up a sinking fund to purchase a new tractor in 3 years at a price of $\$ 870,000$. Find the annual payment the firm must make if funds are deposited into an account earning $8 \%$ compounded annually. Then set up a sinking fund table.

$$\begin{array}{cccc} \hline \text {Payment Number} & \text{Amount of Deposit} & \text { Interest Earned } & \text { Total in Account } \\ \hline \end{array}$$

Stan Walker is comparing treasury bills currently yielding $5 \%$ compounded semiannually to a mutual fund with stocks that he believes will yield $8 \%$ compounded semiannually. Find the future value of an annuity with deposits of $\$ 600$ every 6 months for 10 years for (a) the CDs and (b) the mutual fund. (c) Find the difference. $\text{(a)}\qquad\underline{\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad}$ $\text{(b)}\qquad\underline{\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad}$ $\text{(c)}\qquad\underline{\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad}$