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Why can’t a scientific theory ever be proven true? (Answer this using the hypothetico-deductive method from the Carl Hempel reading.)

Suppose that you are asked to decide if a proposed policy for immigrants at the U.S. border is moral or not. What kinds of things do educated and informed people take into consideration when thinking about questions of morality like this?

“More Americans die of skin cancer each year than die in car accidents.  How do I know this?  My doctor told me so.” This argument is best interpreted as an example of an  ____________.

Attempt a refutation of this statement using a reductio ad absurdum argument: “People who get more sleep are healthier than people who get less sleep.”

What is a slippery-slope argument?  Are all slippery-slope arguments bad?  Explain.

Is it hard to prove that a scientific hypothesis is false? What is “naive” about the way many people think about this?

Consider the table below reports the outcomes of a firm that operates in an oligopoly market structure. Quantity Price TR MR TC AC MC Profit 1  $           80  $           80    $              80  $           80    $             –   2  $           79  $        158  $           78  $           110  $           55  $           30  $            48 3  $           78  $        234  $           76  $           150  $           50  $           40  $            84 4  $           77  $        308  $           74  $           170  $           43  $           20  $         138 5  $           76  $        380  $           72  $           190  $           38  $           20  $         190 6  $           75  $        450  $           70  $           230  $           38  $           40  $         220 7  $           68  $        476  $           26  $           280  $           40  $           50  $         196 8  $           62  $        496  $           20  $           340  $           43  $           60  $         156 9  $           56  $        504  $             8  $           410  $           46  $           70  $            94 10  $           50  $        500  $           (4)  $           490  $           49  $           80  $            10 11  $           44  $        484  $        (16)  $           580  $           53  $           90  $         (96) 12  $           38  $        456  $        (28)  $           680  $           57  $        100  $       (224) 13  $           32  $        416  $        (40)  $           800  $           62  $        120  $       (384) 14  $           26  $        364  $        (52)  $        1,000  $           71  $        200  $       (636)    

On a 40-acre farm, a farmer is able to produce [a] bushels of    when she hires the woman wearing the pink shirt and the man wearing the blue shirt  . If she proceeds to hire the total production of the farm increases to [b] bushels. And, if she then hires output of the farm would rise to 2,200 bushels. What is the potential marginal product of the 3rd worker?   Please enter your answer as a whole number. Do not enter units.

A shaped material is required for a stiff beam of minimum mass. Which material-shape combination has the lowest mass for a given stiffness? 

Consider the classification table for a goods matrix.                            Rival in consumption                                                                           Excludable?              Please use the four photos located below to answer that follow.