Select the correct text in the passage. Which sentences indicate that Thomas is dealing with a prototype product?
Thomas got the idea of inventing a low-voltage air conditioner. After several months of trial and error, he developed an AC model blueprint. He finally began his work on its production. With every test, Thomas went on making changes to his new product. Once convinced, he sold the rights of his invention to ABEC Corp for a handsome fee.

Thomas got the idea of inventing a low-voltage air conditioner. After several months of trial and error, he developed an AC model blueprint. He finally began his work on its production. With every test, Thomas went on making changes to his new product. Once convinced, he sold the rights of his invention to ABEC Corp for a handsome fee.

The federal reserve's organization while all members of the federal reserve board of governors vote at federal open market committee (fomc) meetings, only of the regional bank presidents are members of the fomc. the federal reserve's role as a lender of last resort involves lending to which of the following financially troubled institutions? u. s. banks that cannot borrow elsewhere governments in developing countries during currency crises u. s. state governments when they run short on tax revenues the federal reserve's primary tool for changing the money supply is . in order to decrease the number of dollars in the u. s. economy (the money supply), the federal reserve will government bonds.

Aproduction line has three machines a, b, and c, with reliabilities of .96, .86, and .85, respectively. the machines are arranged so that if one breaks down, the others must shut down. engineers are weighing two alternative designs for increasing the line’s reliability. plan 1 involves adding an identical backup line, and plan 2 involves providing a backup for each machine. in either case, three machines (a, b, and c) would be used with reliabilities equal to the original three. a. compute overall system reliability under plan 1. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability b. compute overall system reliability under plan 2. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability c. which plan will provide the higher reliability? plan2plan1

Which of the following is an example of a monetary policy? a. the government requires credit card companies to protect customers' privacy. b. the government restricts the amount of money that banks can lend. c. the government lowers taxes and increases spending. d. the government pays for repairing damage from a natural disaster.