The stated intent of the 1994 "don't ask, don't tell" policy was to reduce the number of discharges of gay men and lesbians from the military. Nearly 14,000 active-duty gay servicemembers were dismissed under the policy, which officially ended in 2011, after 18 years. The line graph shows the number of discharges under "don't ask, don't tell" from 1994 through 2010.

Find the average rate of change, rounded to the nearest whole number, from 1994 through 1998. Describe what this means.

What is the relationship between each of the following terms or people and American foreign policy during the 1790s?

• Little Turtle

• Battle of Fallen Timbers

• French Revolution

• John Jay

• XYZ Affair

• Alien and Sedition Acts

Sam and Kolleen Hastings have two children. Sam was 30 years old when he first purchased a $125,000, 5-year term life insurance policy. He is now 35 years old and decides to increase the policy to$200,000. (a) What is his new annual premium? (b) What is his new monthly premium? (c) What total amount did he pay during the previous 5-year term? (d) What total amount will he pay for the next 5-year term?

Write true if the statement is true. If the statement is false, change the underlined word or words to make the statement true. Most logging in the United States today takes place on $\underline{\text{public}}$ lands.

The sentiments Morgan expressed in the excerpt are best understood as resulting from a. court decisions expanding individual rights. b. the rise of a youth counterculture. c. the mass media. d. declining public trust in the government.

Making Inferences Why do you think public officials may pay more attention to personal letters and e-mails from individual constituents than to standardized mass e-mails?

Choose a service that you have used, such as medical care, legal aid, auto repair, public transportation, or a hair salon.

What steps must a consumer take to register a complaint with this agency or association?

You are a member of the citizens advisory group to your town council. Your group has been asked to draft a new ordinance dealing with smoking in public places.

List the details that should be included.

Because of a membership drive for a public television station, the current membership is 125% of what it was a year ago. The current number of members is 7815. How many members did the station have last year?

Refer to Exercise 13.52. The data for public servants’ sick days 5 years ago was also recorded. Is there sufficient evidence to conclude that there are more sick days this year than 5 years ago?

See the discussed Example before.

Marjorie Mays owns a home that has a replacement value of $\$ 395,000$. How much insurance is required on the property for coverage up to the face value of the policy if an $80 \%$ coinsurance clause exists?

An insurance company has information that $93% of its auto policy holders carry collision coverage or uninsured motorist coverage on their policies. Eighty percent of the policy holders carry collision coverage, and$60% have uninsured motorist coverage. a. What proportion of those covered by these policies have both collision and uninsured motorist protection? b. What proportion of those insured by these policies don't have collision or uninsured motorist coverage? c. How many of these policyholders have collision insurance but not uninsured motorist protection?

Foreign macroeconomic policy and fixed exchange rates: Take a look at a fixed exchange rate system, in which a number of nations (known as follower countries) bind their currencies to the currency of a single nation (called the leader country). The leading country is free to implement its own monetary policy because its currency is not pegged to those of nations that do not use a fixed exchange rate system. Consider the domestic nation a follower nation and the foreign nation a leader nation for the sake of this problem. Redo the analysis of second part of previous question.

Revise the following word group to express the same meaning with a possessive noun or pronoun. Example 1. rest of not a minute $\underline{\text{\color{#c34632}not a minute’s rest}}$

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