John and Ruby Couch Just Opened a Computer Store in a Small

question 56

Multiple Choice

John and Ruby Couch just opened a computer store in a small community. Before opening the store, they listened to their SBA counselor's warnings about the importance of having balanced experience―that is, marketing, finance, and personnel experience―in the computer-store business because

• A) their business is unlikely to grow and earn large business profits.
• B) the computer-store business is a fad.
• C) management know-how is insignificant to small-business success.
• D) small businesses survive large businesses by three years.
• E) about two out of three small firms close within five years of their founding.

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Protects

To shield from danger, harm, or damage through preventative measures or actions.

Double Fertilization

In flowering plants, one sperm nucleus unites with the egg nucleus, and a second sperm nucleus unites with the polar nuclei of an embryo sac.

Polar Nuclei

Cells found within the ovule of flowering plants that fuse with one sperm cell to form the endosperm, providing nutrition to the developing embryo.

Angiosperm

Flowering land plant; the seeds are borne within a fruit.