Determine Whether the Following Passage Is (Or Contains) an Argument

question 88

Essay

Determine whether the following passage is (or contains) an argument.
I don't care how well Thompson played last week. If he misses practice one more time, he's not going to play in the tournament, and that's that.

Comprehend the role of marginal revenue product (MRP) and marginal resource cost (MRC) in resource hiring decisions.

Understand the implications of the law of diminishing returns on the MRP curve and hiring practices.

Identify how the productivity and market value of resources influence their demand.

Examine the relationship between resource complementarity and resource demand.

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Definitions:

Cellular Respiration

Pathway that uses an electron transfer chain to harvest energy from an organic molecule and make ATP. See aerobic respiration.

Glucose Molecules

A simple sugar that is an important energy source in living organisms and a component of many carbohydrates.

ATP Synthesis

The process by which energy is stored in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in cells, commonly occurring in the mitochondria via cellular respiration.

Electron Transfer Chain

In a cell membrane, series of enzymes and other molecules that accept and give up electrons, thus releasing the energy of the electrons in small, usable steps.