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In what way are a mayor-council system and a council-manager system similar?

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In what way are a mayor-council system and a council-manager system similar? In both systems, a council is responsible for making laws and policies. In both systems, a council hires someone to oversee city departments. In both systems, elected commissione...

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Which of these levels of governments are categorized as local governments? counties and states states and municipalities counties and municipalities counties, states, and municipalities

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While most funding for cities and counties is raised through local taxes and fees, what other revenue source makes up about a third of most municipal revenues? state and federal funds corporate donations annual fundraisers ticket sales for public events

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One example of regulating zoning is

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Which best describes county governments? They are overseen by a mayor and department chairs. They are established as outlined by the US Constitution. They have executive, legislative, and judicial branches. They are established as outlined by a state’s co...

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Incorporation creates a local government and

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Which level of government is most local to a citizen? the state level the municipal level the federal level the county level

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In a supervisor system, a board of supervisors is responsible for governing the county, overseeing departments, and creating policies. governing the county, with little power to create policies. governing the county with a council and an executive. govern...

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Who serves on a school board? teachers appointed by the school a mayor and city council school superintendents members of the community

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Suppose that a patient is diagnosed with a new disease caused by the buildup of waste material in the body’s cells. Which organelle is most likely malfunctioning in the patient’s cells? Golgi apparatus lysosome ribosome endoplasmic reticulum

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Which organelles are labeled D, and what is one feature that distinguishes them from the other labeled organelles? chloroplasts; the only organelles that produce sugars from sunlight ribosomes; only found in animal and bacterial cells centrioles; found in...

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Which organelle in the table is correctly matched with its function? chloroplast cell wall cell membrane vacuole

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To which substance does ferredoxin transfer an electron? photosystem I photosystem II NADP+ NADPH

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Which events take place in the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis? Light energy is converted to sugars; sugars are broken down for energy. Light energy is captured by plants; light energy is used to make sugar. Light energy is converted to chemic...

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Which organelle breaks down sugar molecules that supply energy to the cell? Golgi apparatus nucleus endoplasmic reticulum mitochondrion

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After Frida stops exercising, she continues to breathe heavily. What is most likely occurring in her body? Heavy breathing during exercise has produced an oxygen surplus in her muscles. This oxygen is being transported to her lungs. This is a result of ae...

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Which statement correctly compares and contrasts the three stages of cellular respiration that occur in the presence of oxygen? Each stage occurs in the mitochondria, but only the final stage produces ATP. Each stage produces ATP, but only the third stage...

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If a runner is doing vigorous exercise, which results from the anaerobic cellular process? accumulation of lactic acid accumulation of oxygen depletion of ethanol depletion of carbon dioxide

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During which step of cellular respiration is the most ATP produced? Krebs cycle glycolysis photosynthesis electron transport chain

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In what way are the light-dependent and light-independent reactions of photosynthesis similar? Both require chemical energy to proceed. Both occur in the chloroplast. Both produce oxygen as a byproduct. Both involve carbon fixation.

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At which point is G3P removed from the Calvin cycle to be used in the production of carbohydrates? during photophosphorylation during carbon fixation immediately after reduction immediately after regeneration

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A scientist is comparing the outer layer of an onion cell to the outer layer of a human skin cell. What is unique about the outer layer of the onion cell compared to the skin cell? It contains proteins. It contains cellulose. It contains carbohydrates. It...

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Which statement explains how ATP and its phosphate groups are related to the energy that is used in plant processes? ADP loses a phosphate group to create ATP, which stores energy for making sugars. ADP gains a phosphate group to create ATP, which stores...

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Which organelles are labeled G? centrioles lysosomes ribosomes mitochondria

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During photosynthesis, the energy from sunlight is used to split water molecules. What happens to the hydrogen ions that are split from the water molecules? They flow out of the thylakoid, providing energy to add a phosphate group to ADP. They build up in...

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What role does cellular respiration play in the carbon cycle? It removes CO2 from the atmosphere during glycolysis. It removes CO2 from the atmosphere during the citric acid cycle. It releases CO2 to the atmosphere during acetyl CoA formation. It releases...

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Which speeds up the reaction between carbon dioxide and RuBP to restart the Calvin Cycle? light energy rubisco 3-phosphoglycerate glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate

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Which organelle makes the proteins that are needed by the cell? cell membrane Golgi apparatus ribosomes nucleus

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Which process connects glycolysis and the citric acid cycle? lactic acid formation acetyl CoA formation electron transport Krebs cycle

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Which specific process in the light-dependent reactions produces oxygen and hydrogen ions? the formation of NADPH the production of ATP the splitting of water the excitation of electrons in photosytem I

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Which statement best distinguishes an observation from an inference? An inference is likely to change based on additional observations. An observation is likely to change based on additional inferences. An observation involves assumptions, but an inferenc...

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What is one role of ATP in the light-independent reaction of photosynthesis? ATP supplies the energy to produce glucose and other carbohydrates. ATP is produced when water molecules are split and chlorophyll electrons are excited. ATP supplies the energy...

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What role does cellular respiration play in the water cycle? It removes H2O from the atmosphere during glycolysis. It removes H2O from the atmosphere during acetyl CoA formation. It releases H2O to the atmosphere during the citric acid cycle. It releases...

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Below is a graph of the Murphys’ annual expenses. If the Murphys’ gross annual household income is $85,420, how much will they pay in federal taxes? A circle graph titled Murphy's Annual Expenses. Federal taxes, 24 percent; State/local taxes, 10 percent;...

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Calculate the Social Security and Medicare tax that would be applied to an annual salary of $125,000. Use $106,800 for maximum taxable earnings. (Soc Sec 6.2%, taxed up to $106,800 and Medicare 1.45%). a. Social Security tax: $77,500.00, Medicare tax: $18...

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Bianca and Dave are a married couple filing a joint tax return. They have a combined gross income of $81,031 and claim four exemptions. They can make an adjustment of $2,914 for business expenses, an adjustment of $1,939 for business losses, a deduction o...

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You make $443 per week, and have claimed five exemptions. How much money will be withheld from you in a year? For weekly gross income between 440 to 450 and claiming 5 exemptions, 46 dollars will be withheld each week. a. $2,392 b. $2,288 c. $2,756 d. $2,...

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On your property tax bill, you see the following table. Destination Share of Your Taxes Roads $241 Schools $896 Public Safety $154 Township $177 What percentage of your taxes went to funding public safety? a. 10.49% b. 12.06% c. 11.72% d. 8.94%

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You own a house and land with an assessed value of $55,580. Every year, you pay a total of $2,834.58 in property taxes. What is your local property tax rate? a. 0.051 b. 0.058 c. 0.019 d. 0.066

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Calculate the Social Security and Medicare tax that would be applied to an annual salary of $35,400. a. Social Security tax: $2,194.80, Medicare tax: $513.30 b. Social Security tax: $21,948.00, Medicare tax: $5,133.00 c. Social Security tax: $6,621.60, Me...

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According to the graph below, what percent of the Simpsons’ annual expenses is state taxes? A circle graph titled Simpson's Annual Expenses. Federal taxes, 24 percent; State/local taxes, 10 percent; Housing and household, 23 percent; Food, 6 percent; Medi...

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Jennifer is excited to be retiring after 35 years of service as a high school English teacher. Over the past 35 years, Jennifer’s average annual salary was $26,443. How much can Jennifer expect to receive on a monthly basis from Social Security, assuming...

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Say that you pay property taxes of $2458.20 every year. If your state has a property tax rate of 0.082, what is the assessed value of your property? a. $29,978 b. $20,157 c. $25,517 d. $21,946

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The Murphys’ gross annual family income is $120,500. Mr. Murphy referred to the graph shown below and calculated that his family will spend $28,920 on taxes this year. What is wrong with Mr. Murphy’s calculation? A circle graph titled Murphy's Annual Expe...

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Andrew earns $45,300 in taxable income annually, and pays federal income taxes of $5,345.40. What is Andrew’s net federal income tax rate? a. 8.47% b. 15.1% c. 11.8% d. 9.1%

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One possible solution to a diminishing Social Security payroll is to increase the Social Security tax by 1.89%. How would such an increase effect the tax on an annual salary of $54,000? a. Annual tax would increase by $1,020.60. b. Annual tax would increa...

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Carol uses this graduated tax schedule to determine how much income tax she owes. A 3-column table with 6 rows. Column 1 is labeled If taxable income is over with entries 0 dollars, 7,825 dollars, 31,850 dollars, 64,250 dollars, 97,925 dollars, 174,850 do...

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Which of the following statements accurately describes the result of an increasing worker-per-beneficiary ratio in the Social Security system? a. More taxed workers than beneficiaries means that the system is collecting more money for the money being draw...

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Which activity would a consumer most likely perform? filling a lawnmower with gas answering phones in an office growing vegetables in a home garden helping mow lawns in the neighborhood

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A person studying economics chooses to buy an economic textbook for their class, even though it means they cannot afford to buy a video game they want. This shows an understanding of goods. services. production. consequences and tradeoffs.

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Which situation best illustrates the concept of scarcity? a class designing and selling calendars a cook learning to be an executive chef a friend buying a copy of a popular DVD a person buying a used car due to limited income

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Every economic decision has only positive benefits. gained opportunities. unavoidable limitations. a consequence or tradeoff.

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Which factor should be most important if you are considering purchasing a new video game? the number of games available for purchase the quality of the games produced by that manufacturer the popularity of the video game with your friends the other things...

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An economist most likely spends time studying methods for spending and saving money. reasons producers experience scarcity. ways to balance time between work and leisure. interactions between producers and consumers.

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What is the fundamental problem producers and consumers face? services scarcity resources inadequacy

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Becoming informed about economics helps a person understand the reasons a command economy is ideal. role of government in regulating production. why consumers receive tax revenue. reasons an economy must always be completely regulated.

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Which individual is a producer? a host who seats customers in a busy restaurant a mother who demands quality produce for her family a farmer who grows only what his family needs to survive a student who builds a bookcase from bricks and boards

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Below is a graph of the Murphys’ annual expenses. How much will the Murphys’ pay in state/local taxes if their gross annual household income is $85,420? A circle graph titled Murphy's Annual Expenses. Federal taxes, 24 percent; State/local taxes, 10 perce...

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Tax returns filed manually have a 20% chance of containing errors, while tax returns filed electronically have a 0.05% chance of containing the same. If 2.7 million tax returns are filed each way, how many more erroneous manually filed returns will there...

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Calculate the Social Security and Medicare tax that would be applied to an annual salary of $235,430. Use $106,800 for maximum taxable earnings. a. Social Security tax: $1,459.67, Medicare tax: $341.37 b. Social Security tax: $14,596.66, Medicare tax: $3,...

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You have a home with a market value of $144,700, which has an assessment value of 72% of that amount. Your city has a property tax rate of 0.039. You know that 65% of your property tax dollars go to public schools. To the nearest dollar, how much of your...

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Agnes pays state income tax equal to 3.75% of her federal taxable income. She pays federal income tax equal to 28.4% of her federal taxable income. This year, she paid $15,449.60 in federal income tax. How much did Agnes pay in state income tax? a. $573.3...

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Mary pays income tax according to the graduated schedule shown below. A 3-column table with 6 rows. Column 1 is labeled If taxable income is over with entries 0 dollars, 7,825 dollars, 31,850 dollars, 77,100 dollars, 160,850 dollars, 349,700 dollars. Colu...

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If Mary’s taxable income is $68,562, how much income tax does she owe, rounded to the nearest dollar? a. $13,564 b. $17,140 c. $21,527 d. $12,349

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Oscar has elected to have 23% of his federal income tax withheld as state income tax. If $154.00 was withheld as federal income tax on his last paycheck, how much will be withheld from his paycheck for income tax in all? a. $35.42 b. $118.58 c. $177.00 d....

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how much will be withheld from his paycheck for income tax in all? a. $35.42 b. $118.58 c. $177.00 d. $189.42

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If 20% of all manually filed returns contain errors, and 0.05% of all electronically filed returns contain errors, how much more likely is a manual filer to make an error than an electronic filer? a. 40,000 times more likely b. 4,000 times more likely c....

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Consider Michelle and Gladys, two neighbors who each earn the same salary. Gladys pays less in federal income taxes than Michelle does. Which of the following is a possible explanation for this? a. Michelle and Gladys are in different tax brackets. b. Gla...

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If your state has a property tax rate of 0.056, and you pay $3,164.45 in property taxes every year, what is the assessed value of your property? a. $177,209 b. $21,265 c. $56,508 d. $48,684

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What kind of taxes are likely to pay for universities and police? a. local taxes b. state taxes c. federal taxes d. income taxes

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Many communities today are concerned with their local government’s ability to appropriately manage the taxes it collects. If a government spends more money on expenditures than it collects in taxes, it may end up with not enough money, called deficit. Whi...

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Assume that you pay $2,849.84 in state property taxes every year. If your property has an assessed value of $41,302, what is your state’s property tax rate? a. 0.077 b. 0.032 c. 0.014 d. 0.069

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According to the chart below, what percentage of Ralph’s expenses are items other than taxes? A circle graph titled Ralph's Annual Expenses. Federal taxes, 29 percent; State/local taxes, 6 percent; Housing and household, 25 percent; Food, 8 percent; Medic...

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Stacy thinks her employer may not be withholding the correct amount from her paychecks for state income tax. She made arrangements to have 19% of federal income tax withheld for state income tax. On her last paycheck, the federal withholding was $163.88 a...

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Sally has just finished her thirty-fifth year with her company and is getting ready to retire. During her thirty-five years, Sally’s average annual salary was $45,603. How much can Sally expect to receive from Social Security annually if she were to retir...

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Calculate the Social Security and Medicare tax that would be applied to an annual salary of $56,010. a. Social Security tax: $347.26, Medicare tax: $81.22 b. Social Security tax: $3,472.62, Medicare tax: $812.15 c. Social Security tax: $662.16, Medicare t...

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Robert makes $951 gross income per week and keeps $762 of it after tax withholding. How many allowances has Robert claimed? For weekly income between 950 and 960, the number of withholding allowances claimed are: 0, 259 dollars; 1, 242 dollars; 2, 224 dol...

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Robert makes $951 gross income per week and keeps $762 of it after tax withholding. How many allowances has Robert claimed?

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Determine the total annual FICA tax for an annual salary of $38,480. (FICA is 7.65%) a. $294.37 b. $717.96 c. $2,385.76 d. $2,943.72

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Social Security and Personal Income tax are called Payroll taxes because _____. a. they help to balance the national payroll budget. b. they are automatically deducted from payroll. c. once paid, they are used to supplement the paychecks of people in need...

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You have a gross income of $117,151 and are filing your tax return singly. You claim one exemption and can take a deduction of $2,713 for interest on your mortgage, an adjustment of $2,791 for business losses, an adjustment of $1,346 for alimony, a deduct...

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Tina lives in a state that charges her 4.5% state income tax on her federal taxable income. If her federal taxable income is $61,600, how much does Tina pay in state income tax? a. $1,545 b. $227 c. $4,372 d. $2,772

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Sarah, age 29, makes $45,000 a year and wants to buy a 15-year term policy that would replace seven years of her salary. The annual premium rate (per $1000 of face value) for her age group is $1.46. What is Sarah’s premium, to the nearest dollar? a. $460...

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The two basic types of life insurance policies are: a. Universal and Endowment b. Term and Permanent Whole Life c. General and Select d. Long Term and Short Term

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You're 35 years old now, and you want to purchase life insurance which will cover your spouse for your lost income in the event of your death. You want this policy to last until what would be your normal retirement age of 65. Based on the given informatio...

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James is looking into life insurance. He currently makes $50,000 a year and has two children, ages 15 and 11. How much coverage and how long a term of life insurance would you recommend to James?

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Because Aaron, age 32, is a smoker, he must pay more for life insurance. Given that Company A charges 20% more for smokers, Company B charges 18% more for smokers, Company C charge 25% more for smokers and Company D charges 15% more for smokers, Aaron dec...

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Lamar, age 43, wants to pay no more than $1,000 a year in life insurance. If the annual life insurance premium rate (per $1000 of face value) is $12.59, what is the largest whole life policy he can buy without spending more than $1,000 annually? a. $12,59...

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Jeremy is 29 years old and in good health. What is the annual premium for the cheapest policy having a $90,000 face value that Jeremy can buy? For age 29, a male whole life if 18.25, 20-payment life is 31.39, and 20-year endowment is 39.69. a. $1,825 b. $...

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After getting married, Joe, 32, and Melinda, 29, decide to take out life insurance policies. Joe would like a 15-year term policy and Melinda would like a 20-year term policy. They each want a $300,000 policy. How much can Joe and Melinda expect to pay in...

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If Yessenia wants to buy a $165,000 whole life policy, and the annual premium rate (per $1000 of face value) for her age group is $15.46, how much is Yessenia’s monthly premium? a. $1,067.27 b. $2,550.90 c. $212.57 d. $171.33

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Jacob wants to buy a $500,000 15-year term life policy, and the annual premium rate (per $1000 of face value) for his age group is $6.78. If Jacob lives until the end of the term of his policy, how much will Jacob have paid in premiums overall? a. $101,70...

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Angelo, age 40, is comparing the premium for a $125,000 whole life insurance policy he may take now and the premium for the same policy taken out at age 45. The Annual Life Insurance Premium (per $1000 of face value) for a 40-year-old male is 22.60 and fo...

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Between permanent life insurance and term life insurance, which typically has the lower premium and why? a. Term life insurance has the lower premium because term life insurance pays the face value to your beneficiary if you die within a certain set perio...

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If Jesse wants to buy a $75,000 10-year term life insurance policy, and the annual premium rate (per $1000 of face value) for his age group is $2.34, how much is Jesse’s annual premium? a. $175.50 b. $3,205.12 c. $234.00 d. $1,755.00

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Which organelles are labeled D, and what is one feature that distinguishes them from the other labeled organelles? chloroplasts; the only organelles that produce sugars from sunlight ribosomes; only found in animal and bacterial cells centrioles; found in...

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Stella wants to test the hypothesis “If carbon dioxide levels increase, the growth rate of sunflowers will increase.” She places five young sunflower plants into similar containers and sets up pumps that release different amounts of carbon dioxide into ea...

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Which individual is acting most like a consumer? a person whose job is selling goods at a market a person who hires a mechanic to fix their car a person eats a meal from vegetables grown in their garden a person sells their old television to a friend

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Harry and Helen are married, filing jointly. Their combined taxable income is $65,922. Every week, a total of $187 is withheld from their pay. Based on the table below, what can Harry and Helen expect when their taxes are due? Between 65,900 and 65,950 do...

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Choose the statements below that are true. Cells are the smallest unit of life. Cells are important to the structure and function of living things. All organisms are made of multiple cells. Cells come in different shapes and sizes.

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Which of the statements about archaeologists is true? Archaeologists excavate artifacts but leave it to historians to analyze them. Archaeologists are helpful to anthropologists but not to historians. Archaeologists study the remains of ancient humans as...

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Which of the statements about archaeologists is true? Archaeologists excavate artifacts but leave it to historians to analyze them. Archaeologists are helpful to anthropologists but not to historians. Archaeologists study the remains of ancient humans as...

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