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The negotiation of wage rates, conditions of employment, etc. by representatives of the labor force and management

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Collective bargaining

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Kite experiment

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Benjamin Franklin

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As applied to capitalized asset, the distribution of the initial cost by periodic changes to operation as in depreciation or reduction of the depth by either periodic or irregular prearranged program

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Amortization

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First Inventors of Pumps for Plumbing

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Ancient Egyptians

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Atoms

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Niels Bohr

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The estimated book value of an asset after depreciation is complete at the end of useful life

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Salvage Value

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What is the shape of the face of hexahedron?

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Square

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Quantum Theory

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Max Planck

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Also known as natural number

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Counting Numbers

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Piston Pump

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Ctesibius

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A mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument

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Fallacy

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Refers to horizontal axis

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Abscissa

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Father of Electricity

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Michael Faraday

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The property of material bodies to regain its original size on the removal of deforming force

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Elasticity

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Father of Physics

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Isaac Newton

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Unit of Capacitance

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Farad

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If 3 cats kill 3 rats in 3 minutes, how long will 100 cats kill 100 rats?

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3 minutes

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How many times do the two hands of the clock be at right angles in a day?

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44 times

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Energy by virtue of the object’s position

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Potential Energy

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What is the complementary angle of 80 degrees?

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10 degrees

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Electric Starter Motor

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Charles Kettering

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The process of one substance mixing with another because of molecular motion is known as ______

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Diffusion

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1 nautical mile = _____ ft

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6080

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A form of oligopoly, where only two companies dominate the market

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Duopoly

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What is a polygon with 10 sides?
Decagon
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Kind of obligation which has no condition attached, only 1 party is legally bound
Gratuitous Obligation
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An annuity that guarantees payment of a set amount for the term of the agreement and can't go down or up
Fixed Annuity
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A ring shaped surface or solid obtained by rotating a circle about a coplanar line that does not intersect
Torus
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Also known as Constant Percentage Method or Matheson's Method
Declining Balance Method
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Angular distance from the equator measure along a meridian
Latitude
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The Father of Geometry
Euclid
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An evil wrong committed by a person which damaged another person's property or reputation is ______
Tort
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In trigonometry one revolution is equal to, except ______ a. pi radian b. 400 grad c. 6400 mils d. 360 degrees
a. pi radian
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The present worth of all depreciation over the economic life of the item is called
Depreciation Recovery
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Bond to which coupons are attached indicating the interest due and the date when such interest is to be paid
Coupon Bond
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The path of the planets about the sun is elliptical in shape, with the center of the sun being located at one focus
Kepler's First Law
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Modern Electric Power System
Thomas Edison
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Boolean Algebra
George Boole
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A series of regular payments made at the end of each period, such as monthly or quarterly
Ordinary Annuity
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Father of Plumbing, Flush Toiles
Sir John Harrington
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An algebraic expression consisting of three terms
trinomial
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Planetary Motion
Johanes Kepler
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The sum of direct labor cost and direct material cost
Prime cost
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The curve has an eccentricity of less than 1
Ellipse
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What is the shape of the face of an octahedron?
Triangle
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Locus of points which moves so that the sum of the distance from two fixed points (foci) is constant and is equal to the length of the major axis
Ellipse
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Density of water in slug
1.94 slug/cu.ft.
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Transistor
Bardeen, Brattain, Shockley
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A body in its state of rest or at constant speed in a straight line motion is compelled to change that state because of forces acting on it
1st Law of Motion
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The middle term of a set of numbers
Median
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Part of theorem which is assumed to be true
Axiom
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Earliest modern plumbing systems in hotels, including hot and cold running water, indoor toilets, and bathtubs.
Isaiah Rogers
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Electromagnetism
James Clark Maxwell
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A bond that is secured by one or more financial asses such as shares of stocks or other bonds
Collateral Trust
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A business run by one individual for his or her own benefit. It is the simplest form of business organization
Sole Proprietorship
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Centrifugal and Reciprocating Pumps
Leonardo da Vinci
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Conic Sections
Appolonus of Perga
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Popularized indoor plumbing
Thomas Crapper
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The angle in which the line of sight to the object makes with the horizontal which is above the eye of the observer is called ______
Angle of Elevation
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Father of Trigonometry
Hipparchus
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SI unit of Torque
Newton-Meter
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He was made an honorary member of the Plumbers and Steamfitters Union after stating that if he could live his life over again, he would be a plumber
Albert Einstein
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Archimedean screw
Archimedes
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The type of bond where corporation's owner name is recorded and the interest is paid periodically to the owner
Registered Bond
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This law states, "The voltage v, across a resistor is directly proportional to the current i, flowing through the resistor?
Ohm's Law
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This type of market occurs when there is a large number of small companies competing against each other
Perfect Competition
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1 statute mile = ______ ft
5280
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What do you call an energy required to move 1 Coulomb of charge through an element?
Voltage
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Another term for rhombus
Diamond
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What property does this equation fall: (6+10) + 3 = 6 + (10 + 3)
Associative Property
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Gross profit, sales less cost of goods sold (COGS) as percentage of sales
Gross Margin
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How many meters is a terameter
1 trillion
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Work-in-progress is classified as?
Asset
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Earliest known pumps
Shadoof
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The provision in the contract that indicates the possible adjustment of material cost and labor cost
Escalatory Clause
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A number used to designate objects or quantities
Ordinal number
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Theoretical Physics
Leonhard Euler
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Interest, taxes, amortization, and insurance considered as _____
Fixed Cost
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Identify the fraction that is repeating but non-terminating a. 1/8 b. 1/9 c. 2/5 d. 3/4
1/9
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What quadrant is the sine positive
II
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A triangle with no sides equal
Scalene
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If a = b then b = a
Symmetric Property
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Ration of the volume of stress to the volume strain
Bulk Modulus
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S-trap in 1775
Alexander Cummings
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Cartesian
Rene Descartes
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Change in momentum
Impulse
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If you want to arrive at an undefined answer, divide a number by ______
Zero
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AC, Radiotechnology
Nikola Tesla
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He conceptualized that the heavier the object, the faster the speed it will fall
Aristotle
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How many vertices are there in a dodecahedron
20
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What is the lessening of the value of an asset due to a decrease in the quantity available as a coal, oil and timer in forests?
Depletion
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Father of Algebra
Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi
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First term of the ratio
Antecedent
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A Greek philosopher known for shouting "Eureka" after nakedly went out his house
Archimedes
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Measure of randomness of the molecule of a substance
Entropy
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Deliberate (intentional) lowering of the price of a nation's currency in terms of
Devaluation
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Number Theory, Trigonometric Identities
Leonhard Euler
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Inspiration of the law of gravity
Apple
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flush toilet
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