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The three most serious environmental problems the world faces this century are water shortages,biodiversity loss,and climate change.Some analysts believe water shortages could lead to war between countries that need to share water.Do you think this is possible? Why or why not?


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High-low Method

An analytical technique used in accounting and finance to estimate fixed and variable costs associated with business operations based on the highest and lowest levels of activity.

Fixed Cost

Costs that do not vary with the level of production or sales, remaining constant regardless of the amount of goods or services produced or sold.

Electricity

A form of energy resulting from the existence of charged particles, used as a power source for machinery and equipment.

Least-squares Regression

A statistical method used to determine the best-fitting line through a set of points by minimizing the squares of the distances of the points from the line.

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