If You Were Trying to Learn the Names of the Planets

question 39

Multiple Choice

If you were trying to learn the names of the planets in order of distance from the sun by thinking of the sentence "Melinda's violet eyes make John stay up nights pondering," you would be using a(n) ______________ mnemonic device.

• A) acronym
• B) pegword
• C) acrostic
• D) method of loci

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Definitions:

Supply Curves

Supply curves graphically represent the relationship between the price of a good or service and the quantity of it that suppliers are willing to produce and sell.

Equilibrium Quantity

The quantity at which the intentions of buyers and sellers in a particular market match at a particular price such that the quantity demanded and the quantity supplied are equal; the profit-maximizing output of a firm.

Flat-Rate State Income Tax

A tax system where a single tax rate is applied to all income levels, making the tax amount proportionate to income without progressive scaling.

General Sales Tax

A tax applied uniformly on most goods and services purchased by consumers within a jurisdiction.