Last Year You Purchased 20 Shirts at $15 a Piece,30

question 59

Multiple Choice

Last year you purchased 20 shirts at $15 a piece,30 CDs at $12 each,and 5 sweaters at $25 a piece.This year you buy 16 shirts at $20 a piece,30 CDs at $15 a piece,and 8 shirts at $20 a piece.If last year's index was 100,this year's index is

• A)82.6.
• B)101.9.
• C)118.5.
• D)121.0.

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Definitions:

Reproduction

The biological process by which new individual organisms are produced, either sexually or asexually, ensuring the continuation of a species.

F Factor

A DNA element containing genes for replication and transfer, found in some bacteria and capable of initiating bacterial conjugation, a form of genetic transfer.

Sex Pili

Hair-like structures on the surface of bacterial cells that are involved in the process of bacterial conjugation, facilitating the transfer of genetic material between cells.

Fertility

The natural capability to produce offspring, often discussed in terms of soil quality for plants or reproductive capability in animals and humans.