Betty Is Considering Forming a Business in Colorado

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Essay

Betty is considering forming a business in Colorado.She is thinking about a business that would rent inline skates to customers and transport them to the top of Mount Evans.The road up Mount Evans is the highest paved road in the United States,and at its culmination,peaks at just over 14,000 feet above sea level.Customers could skate from the top of the mountain,at 14,000 feet,to a point in a nearby town,at 8,000 feet above sea level.The customers would skate about thirty-five miles,with nearly the entire distance downhill.Betty is considering whether she should form a corporation to operate this business.What are the advantages and disadvantages of forming a corporation? Is there any way she could avoid any of the disadvantages?

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Definitions:

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A term describing the difference in the concentration of a substance between two areas, which can drive diffusion.

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Adenosine triphosphate, a molecule that stores and transfers energy within cells, enabling various cellular processes.

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The lipid bilayer membrane surrounding cytoplasm of a cell, regulating the passage of substances in and out of the cell.