Suppose that you are working with a cisc machine using a 1.7 ghz clock (i. e., the clock ticks 1.7 billion times per second). this particular computer uses masm-like instructions with the following timings: add reg, mem 4 clock cycles (i. e., the add micro-program has 4 instructions)add reg, immed 3 clock cyclesloop label 5 clock cyclessuppose that the following code fragment is used to sum elements of a numeric array. for this problem, assume that memory limitations are non-existent and that there is no limit to the size of the array. mov bx, 0 ; initialize sum mov ecx, max_size ; initialize loop counter mov esi, offset list ; initialize array pointermore: add bx, esi ; add current list element add \textrm{6}, 2 ; move array pointer to next element loop more ; auto-decrement ecx, jump to more if ecx ≠ 0after initialization, how many array elements can be processed in 2.1 ms? round your answer to the nearest integer.

the benefits of raising bc’s minimum wage to $15 through a

series of pre-announced staged increases far outweigh the likely

costs. claims that such an increase will lead to massive job losses

in low-wage sectors of the economy are not credible.

• an increase to $15 would result in some job losses. however,

the likely impact is less than a 1 per cent reduction in the overall

provincial employment rate, and a 7.6 per cent reduction in the

employment rate for those currently making between $10.25

and $15 per hour.

• the large job loss impacts predicted by some opponents of

minimum wages misrepresent the existing economic research. in

reading and using that research, it is important to recognize that

estimates showing job loss effects of minimum wage increases

apply only to teenagers. estimated effects for young adult and

adult workers range from insignificant to non-existent.

• focusing on teenage workers plays up an inaccurate stereotype

about who earns very low wages in bc and leads to exaggerated

claims about job losses. only 26 per cent of those currently making

between $10.25 and $12 are teenagers, and only 5 per cent

of those making between $12 and $15 are teenagers.