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A)Discuss any instances of nonargumentative persuasion or pseudoreasoning and explain any slanting techniques you find in the following passage.B)Rewrite the passage in language that is as emotively neutral as possible but still retains the same informational content.
"[S]o frantic is the education industry for raw material (students),institutions are not only lowering standards (requiring only 'a pulse in one hand,a check in the other'),they are discounting tuitions,advertising sushi and waffle bars in the students unions and prime cable service in the dorms where,[author Anne] Matthews says,some students hibernate for days 'eating red licorice and channel-surfing.' Some institutions send bounty hunters abroad in search of wealthy foreigners."
-George Will
Net Present Value
A financial metric that estimates the profitability of an investment or project by calculating the difference between the present value of cash inflows and outflows over a period of time.
Compound Interest
Interest calculated on the initial principal and also on the accumulated interest from previous periods.
Cash Payback Period
The time it takes for an investment to generate an amount of cash inflows equal to the initial cost of the investment.
Net Cash Flows
The difference between cash inflows and cash outflows within a specified period, reflecting the total amount of cash being transferred into and out of a business.
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