Scenario 14-2 You Open Up Your Laptop to Begin Writing a Term

question 35

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Scenario 14-2
You open up your laptop to begin writing a term paper for your English literature class.You do a quick Google search on a few key phrases involving Shakespeare, Dickens, and Hemingway.But before you go further, you play a few video games, check your email, visit a couple music websites, take a cybertour of a new sports stadium, go to a coupon site, solve a murder mystery, go back to Google to check out a big name in the news, submit a slogan for a new local restaurant, and read a couple editorials on a magazine site.Then, you figure it's time to get down to work.
-(Scenario 14-2) In running keyword searches using Google, you took part in a common practice.In one month, Americans conduct more than ____ such searches, and ____ of those are conducted on Google.

• A)30 billion; 75 percent
• B)15 billion; 65 percent
• C)5 billion; 45 percent
• D)1 billion; 85 percent

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Definitions:

Business Cycle

The progression of economic activity through expansion, peak, contraction, and trough phases.

Business Cycle

The natural fluctuation of the economy between periods of expansion (growth) and contraction (recession).

Market Basket

A collection of goods and services used to track inflation, consumer spending, or the cost of living in a specific area.

CPI

Consumer Price Index, a measure that examines the weighted average of prices of a basket of consumer goods and services, used to estimate inflation.