A Dollar Today and a Dollar in One Year May

question 74

True/False

A dollar today and a dollar in one year may be considered to be equivalent.

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Definitions:

Capillary Action

The ability of water to move in small-diameter tubes as a consequence of its cohesive and adhesive properties.

Surface Tension

The attraction that the molecules at the surface of a liquid may have for one another.

Osmosis

The net movement of water (the principal solvent in biological systems) by diffusion through a selectively permeable membrane from a region of higher concentration of water (a hypotonic solution) to a region of lower concentration of water (a hypertonic solution).

Capillary Action

The ability of a liquid to flow in narrow spaces without the assistance of, and in opposition to, external forces like gravity.