Alex wilson and james lawrence are discussing the high price of crude oil in the global market. alex, a sociology professor who follows the financial markets closely, claims that the volume of trade in oil futures has increased indicating that speculators are responsible for the high oil prices. james, who works at an investment bank, thinks that the increase in oil prices is demand-driven. according to him, the higher price of oil reflects growing demand from developing countries.

Aquatic marine stores company manufactures special metallic materials and decorative fittings for luxury yachts that require highly skilled labor. aquatic uses standard costs to prepare its flexible budget. for the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor standards for one of their popular products were as follows: direct materials: 3 pounds per unit; $ 6 per pound direct labor: 4 hours per unit; $ 19 per hour during the first quarter, aquatic produced 5 comma 000 units of this product. actual direct materials and direct labor costs were $ 65 comma 000 and $ 330 comma 000, respectively. for the purpose of preparing the flexible budget, calculate the total standard direct materials cost at a production volume of 5 comma 000 units.

Find the zeros of the polynomial 5 x square + 12 x + 7 by factorization method and verify the relation between zeros and coefficient of the polynomials

Which of the following occupations relate to a skill category of words and literacy