Exponential and logarithmic functions are used to model a variety of realworld phenomena: growth of populations of people, animals, and bacteria; radioactive decay; epidemics; absorption of light as it passes through air, water, or glass; magnitudes of sounds and earthquakes. We consider applications in these areas plus many more in the sections very important. As a part of our BBA course, we are required to submit a term paper for every subject each semester. As our Advance Business Mathematics faculty
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“Earthquakes have affected the Earth since the solid lithosphere first formed” (Marshak, 201). Mankind learned to adapt through numerous earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes since the beginning of time and this survival involved taking substantial risks. According to Marshak, “Earthquakes are a fact of life on planet Earth: almost 1 million detectable earthquakes happen every year…most cause no damage or casualties, because they are too small or they occur in unpopulated areas” (201). There are very
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The Creation Of The Floor Karina Decubas SCI/209 Nov 2,2015 Shannon Shoemaker The Creation Of The Ocean Floor Oceanography is the branch of science that studies the ocean and vast amount of topics. I learned the importance of this branch among science. Science has answered many questions and created many theories that goes beyond this science in specific but help to answer more question in other branch of science. Two very important theories are the Continental Drift and
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2017 1964 Alaskan Earthquake 139 people are believed to have died: 15 died as a result of the earthquake itself, 106 died from the subsequent tsunami in Alaska, 5 died from the tsunami in Oregon, and 13 died from the tsunami in California. An earthquake is, a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action. The 1964 Alaskan earthquake included many details common to earthquakes and caused damage
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GÖLCÜK & 2011 VAN EARTHQUAKES Göksu ÇELEBİ Hatice İrem GÜNAYDIN Ece ÖMÜR The aim of the project The aim of this project is to examine fatal consequences of Gölcük and Van earthquakes which are arising from engineering errors. 1999 Gölcük Earthquake This earthquake, whose eppicenter is
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construction in earthquake-prone zones. Consider factors such as housing costs, taxes for safer public facilities, different standards for different types of buildings (e.g., homes, apartments, stores and shopping centers, nuclear power plants, etc.). Building in earthquake-prone zones can be costly as the codes for creating buildings that can withstand earthquakes changes almost yearly, and several factors outside of an earthquake can cause the building to fail and cost human lives. Most earthquake related
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THE GREAT ALASKA EARTHQUAKE OF 1964 When it comes to earthquakes, the state of California has a well known reputation, in all of United States, but the fact is, Alaska hold the title as America’s number one state for most earthquakes, due to its seismic activity. In 1964, on a late friday afternoon, disaster struck, a magnitude 9.2 earthquake rattled the state of Alaska shortly after 5:30 p.m. on March 27. At the time, the largest earthquake ever recorded in U.S. history and the second-largest
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to the line of the fault,) however, when no surface deformation was formed, scientists found that the earthquake was actually caused by contractional deformation along the Léogâne fault. Make sure you have maps indicating where in the world Haiti is, and where this fault is in relation to Haiti. The tremor was shallow, occurring at a depth of 13km, which increased the intensity of the Earthquake. Apart from the obvious environmental impacts that come with
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Tsunami Earthquake a surprise The unexpected disaster was neither the largest nor deadliest earthquake and tsunami to strike this century. That record goes to the 2004 Banda-Aceh earthquake and tsunami in Sumatra, a magnitude-9.1, which killed more than 230,000 people. But Japan's one-two punch proved especially devastating for the earthquake-savvy country, because few scientists had predicted the country would experience such a large earthquake and tsunami. The cause The 2011 Tohoku earthquake struck
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mph (though they are much smaller). According to the Washington Post, the meteor entered the atmosphere two minutes shy of 8:10 p.m. Similar to the USA Today, the author of the website explains that the Richter Scale recorded about a 2.0 sized earthquake. An employee from NASA, Bill Cooke, told Newscasters that he is certain that it is a meteor. “It was definitely a meteor,” he says. The same website also describes that it broke apart when it was very far below the atmosphere. Fortunately for
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