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Vocabulario. Follow the instructions to complete the activities.Choose the word that doesn’t belong with the others.  

As discussed in one of our Case Studies for this week, the principal threats to the mountain gorilla are rooted in the social and political problems of poverty and political instability in the countries/communities near the gorilla habitat/ecosystem.To what extent, if any, should conservation groups involve themselves in national social and political issues in order to preserve a particular species or habitat?*** Remember that copying/pasting from any course materials (other than your own words in the Prep Guide), the internet, or using generative AI like ChatGPT to help “write” or “proofread” or “improve” your answer violates my Academic Integrity policy. Note that generative AI is now incorporated into many popular writing and translating platforms (e.g. Grammarly, Quillbot, Google Translate, DeepL, etc.), so if you’re using those platforms, you’re using generative AI in violation of my policy. USE YOUR OWN WORDS or, if you are unable to do that, properly quote/informally cite them as I discuss in the Academic Integrity section of the Syllabus *** 

The logistics/operations manager of a mail order house purchases two products for resale: King Beds (K) and Queen Beds (Q). Each King Bed costs $500 and requires 100 cubic feet of storage space, and each Queen Bed costs $300 and requires 90 cubic feet of storage space. The manager has $75,000 to invest in beds this week, and her warehouse has 18,000 cubic feet available for storage. Profit for each King Bed is $300, and for each Queen Bed is $150. What is the storage space constraint?

Given forecast errors of 4, 8, and – 3, what is the mean absolute deviation?

The production planner for Fine Coffees, Inc. produces two coffee blends: American (A) and British (B). Two of his resources are constrained: Columbia beans, of which he can get at most 300 pounds (4,800 ounces) per week; and Dominican beans, of which he can get at most 200 pounds (3,200 ounces) per week. Each pound of American blend coffee requires 12 ounces of Colombian beans and 4 ounces of Dominican beans, while a pound of British blend coffee uses 8 ounces of each type of bean. Profits for the American blend are $2.00 per pound, and profits for the British blend are $1.00 per pound. What is the Dominican bean constraint?

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The region which satisfies all of the constraints in graphical linear programming is called the:

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The president of State University wants to forecast student enrollments for this academic year based on the following historical data:   What is the forecast for this year using exponential smoothing with alpha = 0.5, if the forecast for two years ago was 16,000?

An electronics firm produces two models of pocket calculators: the A-100 (A), which is an inexpensive four-function calculator, and the B-200 (B), which also features square root and percent functions. Each model uses one (the same) circuit board, of which there are only 2,500 available for this week’s production. Also, the company has allocated a maximum of 800 hours of assembly time this week for producing these calculators, of which the A-100 requires 15 minutes (.25 hours) each, and the B-200 requires 30 minutes (.5 hours) each to produce. The firm forecasts that it could sell a maximum of 4,000 A-100’s this week and a maximum of 1,000 B-200’s. Profits for the A-100 are $1.00 each, and profits for the B-200 are $4.00 each. What is the assembly time constraint (in hours)?