Ade’s Engineering Company(AEC) makes parts for cars and trucks. These are sold to car manufacturers in many countries. The parts include metal brake components and rubber seals to fit around windows. AEC operates in Country X, which until a few years ago, had an economy dominated by agricultural and coal mining. Over the last 20 years, the relative importance of the primary sector has declined. To be successful, AEC required natural resources to make acr parts and the services provided by the other businesses. Consumer income is rising rapidly in Country X. 1. What is meant by Primary sector [2] 2. Identify two examples of services that a business such as AEC requires [2] 3. Identify and explain 2 reasons why a business such as AEC could not be successful without other firms providing natural resources. [4] 4. Identify and explain two likely reasons why the relative importance of the primary sector of Country X’s economy has declined. [6] 5. A Government minister in Country X has recently said “The secondary sector of industry will always be more important than the tertiary sector to our economy”. Do you agree with this view? Justify your answer. [6]

(05.04 mc) a 2012 report from the u.s. surgeon general stated: "another common practice is strategically locating tobacco-related marketing materials where young children will be exposed to them. tobacco industry executives acknowledge that products and advertising should be placed at eye level (pollay 2007), but in california, 48% of stores had at least one cigarette marketing item at or below 3 feet from the floor (feighery et al. 2001)." it was also noted that 25% of cigarette displays were next to candy. in addition, a national study found that about one-third of the stores had tobacco ads at low heights. after california banned counter displays, some stores place cigarettes in transparent displays so product brands could still be seen. why did some stores use transparent units to display the cigarettes? (3 points) to comply with the new rules while still encouraging cigarette purchases via visual exposure to ensure children and minors are not exposed to cigarettes and their eye-catching packaging to minimize exposure to humidity, extending the shelf life of the cigarettes' tobacco to reduce the occurrence of shoplifting, since cigarettes are high-revenue items

The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?

Ursus, inc., is considering a project that would have a five-year life and would require a $1,650,000 investment in equipment. at the end of five years, the project would terminate and the equipment would have no salvage value. the project would provide net operating income each year as follows (ignore income taxes.):