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DelorasTo

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on: Jul 2, 2018
If an owner of a company that produces a lot
 
  of waste wants to be able to keep polluting, what, according to the text, is that owner's best strategy?
 
  A) Lobby and otherwise use the political system to ensure regulations are lax
  B) Realize the pollution is too damaging, take responsibility for causing the pollution, and pay for the cleanup.
  C) Do nothing.
  D) Only pollute at night when fewer people will notice

Question 2

Which rate results from dividing the number of deaths of children under one year of age by the number of live births during the same year, then multiplying the result by 1,000?
 
  a. infant mortality rate
  b. crude infant death rate
  c. crib death rate
  d. abortion rate


carojassy25

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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

(Answer: a)


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