Read "Application Case 4-1: A One-Year Assignment to China: Go Solo or Bring the Family?" and answer the following questions. How challenging do you think this assignment would be? To what degree will Nick’s start-up experience in the US help him be effective starting McDonald’s restaurants in China? How can language and cross-cultural training help Nick and his family adjust to Chinese culture? If Ella goes to China for a year, how might that decision impact her career? What are her chances of working for the local law firm when she returns from China? What would you do if you were Nick? Go alone to China or ask Ella, Jenny and Luke to accompany you?

If a swimmer is traveling at a constant speed of 0.85 m/s, how long would it take to swim the length of a 50m olympic sized pool?

1. the responsibilities of the u. s. federal reserve system include overseeing the banking system and regulating the quantity of money in the economy setting the level of real interest rates working with congress to devise a financial plan for the country and execute the president's orders calculating and reporting the unemployment rate 2. to increase the supply of money when the economy is weak, the fed closes banks reduces inflation sells bonds buys bonds 3. the federal funds rate is the short-term interest rate that banks charge their best customers when borrowing banks earn on savings accounts with the fed banks charge each other when borrowing or lending to each other the fed charges banks when borrowing 4. when the fed increases the money supply and consequently lowers interest rates, the value of the dollar will rise by more in the market for foreign exchange, all else equal will fall, all else equal is not impacted by fed policy will rise, all else equal

Explain the correlation between industrialization and urban areas