The Poor,interested in Starting a Small Business in a Developing

question 82

Multiple Choice

The poor,interested in starting a small business in a developing country,are most helped by

• A)insurance brokers who reassure the bank that the new business does not pose a credit risk.
• B)banks that provide large loans that permit the new business to establish a solid foundation.
• C)the involvement of women in the new business,due to their reputation as good workers.
• D)the availability of microloans from a new kind of bank.

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Definitions:

Real Numbers

The set of all rational and irrational numbers, including all numbers that can be written as a decimal.

Associative Property

A mathematical principle stating that the way in which terms are grouped in an operation (addition or multiplication) does not change the result.

Addition

The mathematical operation that combines two or more quantities into a single sum.

Commutative Property

A fundamental property of addition and multiplication that states the order of the operands does not change the result, expressed as a+b=b+a or ab=ba.