Describe Three Methods of Eliminating Microbes from Kitchen Cutting Boards

question 79

Essay

Describe three methods of eliminating microbes from kitchen cutting boards and sponges. Identify the advantages and any disadvantages of each.

Comprehend the role and minimum points of average total cost (ATC) and average variable cost (AVC) curves in a firm's production decisions.

Identify the condition under which a firm should continue to operate or shut down in the short run based on price and cost analysis.

Understand the role of marginal cost in determining a perfectly competitive firm's short-run supply curve.

Recognize the short-run economic outcomes for a firm in a perfectly competitive market, including earning zero economic profit, making a loss, or earning a profit.

---

Definitions:

Autism Spectrum Disorder

The best known of the pervasive developmental disorders. Autistic children exhibit a lack of social responsiveness or extreme autistic aloneness; very limited or unusual communication patterns; unusual patterns of behaviour such as a lack of eye contact; self-stimulation, including rocking, spinning, or flapping; self-injury, including head-banging or hand-biting; an obsessive interest in particular objects; and an obsessive need for sameness. From the Greek autos, “self.”

Leo Kanner

An Austrian-American psychiatrist known for his work in autism research and for first describing autism as a neurodevelopmental disorder.

Childhood Disorder

A wide range of psychological, developmental, and emotional disorders that affect children and adolescents.

Down Syndrome

A genetic disorder caused by the presence of an extra chromosome 21, associated with physical growth delays, characteristic facial features, and mild to moderate intellectual disability.