Bud’s Concert Hall hires bands to play on one-week contracts…
Bud’s Concert Hall hires bands to play on one-week contracts through an agent-booker-representation firm. A typical contract would cost Bud a fixed fee to the band and a percentage of the ticket sales. Specifically, the contract would have Bud’s profit for a week be 90% of tickets minus a $2,000 fixed fee. So, out of the price of a ticket, Bud gets 90% and the band gets 10%. Occasionally, Bud has the opportunity to keep a band for a second week. If Bud keeps the band for a second week, Bud’s profit will be 60% of tickets minus a $2,000 fixed fee. So, Bud keeps a bit less of the ticket sales in the second week of an old band. Bud should switch to a new band if Bud expects the new band to sell
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A spaceship is designed to support animal life for a multiyear voyage to the outer planets of the solar system. Plants will be grown to provide oxygen and to recycle carbon dioxide. Since the spaceship will be too far from the sun for photosynthesis, an artificial light source will be needed. Suppose a plant has a unique photosynthetic pigment and the leaves of this plant appear to be reddish yellow. What wavelengths of visible light are absorbed by this pigment?
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