According to McBurney and Collings, the Average Threshold for Human

question 81

Multiple Choice

According to McBurney and Collings, the average threshold for human vision is a candle flame seen from ________ mile(s) on a dark, clear night.

• A) 30
• B) 1
• C) 15
• D) 7.5

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Definitions:

Adjustment Heuristic

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Framing Effect

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Pythagorean Theorem

A fundamental relation in Euclidean geometry among the three sides of a right triangle that states that the square of the length of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides.

Algorithm

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