The National Ignition Facility has the most powerful laser in the world, using 192 lasers to aim 500 . TW of power at a spherical pellet of diameter $2.00 \mathrm{~mm}$. How fast would a pellet of density $2.00 \mathrm{~g} / \mathrm{cm}^3$ move if only a single laser hits it and $1.00 \%$ of the light is reflected?

Nguyen’s Auto Parts bought a new delivery van for $22,000. Nguyen expects the van to be worth$3000 in five years. Find the value of the van as a linear function of its age.

A 16-g sample of methane, CH4, is combined with a 16-g sample of molecular oxygen, O2, in a sealed container. Upon ignition, what is the maximum amount of carbon dioxide, CO2, that can be formed? $\mathrm{CH} 4+2 \ \mathrm{O} 2 \rightarrow \mathrm{CO} 2+2 \ \mathrm{H} 2 \mathrm{O}$

Go to Case Analysis 18.2, Kohel v. Bergen Auto Enterprises, L.L.C. Read the excerpt, and answer the following questions.

(d) Conclusion: Was the defendant liable for breach? Why or why not?

Hartley Auto Supply delivers parts to area auto service centers and is replacing its fleet of delivery vehicles. What is the total vehicle life-cycle cost of this gasoline engine truck given the information provided in the following table?

Because it results from the demand for auto mobiles, the demand for automobile workers is a/an A. derived demand. B. irrational demand. C. elastic demand. D. inelastic demand. E. unit elastic demand.

Perform the Durbin-Watson test at the 5% significance level to determine whether positive first-order auto correlation exists when $1.1=10, n=25$, and $k=3$

For each of the given types of industries, give an example of a firm that would use job-order costing. Then, give an example of a firm that would use process costing.

a. Auto manufacturing

Obama will drive up miles-per-gallon requirements Obama’s revision of auto-emission and fuel-economy standards will require automakers to boost fuel economy to 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016, notching up 5% each year from 2012, to limit the amount of carbon dioxide cars can emit.

Source: USA Today, May 18, 2009

What costs associated with the new auto-emission standards arise from decisions made in self-interest and in the social interest?

Which of the following businesses would most likely use process costing?

a. A law firm.

b. A maker of frozen orange juice.

c. A hospital.

d. An auto repair shop.

You purchased an XIT auto for $18,000 by making a$3,000 cash payment and six semi annual installment payments for the balance at 12 percent interest. Determine the amount of each payment.

Earnings per Share The graph shows the earnings per share of stock for Auto Zone, Inc. for the years $1991$-through $2001.$
Find the slope of the line segment connecting the years $1991$ and $2001 .$

Insert commas as needed to clarify the following sentence.

Auto manufacturers quickly realized that women all over the country from Portland Maine to Portland Oregon constituted a viable target market.

A thick wall of oak, initially at a uniform temperature of 25$^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$, is suddenly exposed to combustion exhaust at 800$^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$. Determine the time of exposure required for the surface to reach its ignition temperature of 400$^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$, when the surface coefficient between the wall and combustion gas is 20 W/ m2 · K.