If <i>xi> is a positive integer, is the value of $y-z$ at most twice the value of $3^x-5^x$ ?

1. $y=3^{x+1}$ and $z=5^{x+1}$
2. $x=5$

            $\{\begin{array}{c}6a-5=c\\ 7b-a=9\\ 8-c=d\end{array}$

For the system of equations given, what is the value of <i>ci>?

1. $a=8$
2. $d=6$

Whereas in genetic mutation by insertion extra base pairs are inserted into the DNA, in mutation by substitution one base in the sequence is replaced with another.

$m=\frac{\frac{3}{n}}{\frac{2}{y}+\frac{1}{2y}}$ In the expression above, if $yn\ne 0$ , what is the value of <i>mi>?

1. $y=\frac{3n}{2}$
2. $n=\frac{3}{2}$

     In 1905 Max Weber published <i zoompage-fontsize="14">The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalismi>, one of the foundational texts of modern sociology and of economic sociology, in particular, and also one of the first to take an interpretive approach to human participation in social and economic systems. His treatise documents the approaches that peoples of various religious beliefs have taken to labor, leisure, wages, and the moral significance of worldly professions since the advent of the industrial revolution and the development of global capitalism. Weber's work theorizes that the development of novel economic systems is contingent on the Protestant, as opposed to the Catholic, conception of work as inherently virtuous (wherein labor is seen as a theological and an economic imperative).

     Weber's work can be seen as an early criticism of Karl Marx's entirely materialistic conception of sociological progress, in that he suggests that religious conviction contributed to the development of economic systems and not the other way around. Moreover, Weber was admirably modest in his claims, acknowledging that his was not the definitive understanding of economic development. However, because of the ways social science has developed in the intervening century, Weber's work is more notable as a spur to further inquiry than as an enduring source of scientific truth. Additionally, Weber's thinking was hamstrung by the immaturity of sociological methodology in his time: statistical analysis, data collection, and mathematical economics were all in their theoretical infancy at the time of his writing. Given <i zoompage-fontsize="14">The Protestant Ethic'si> scientific obsolescence, it serves as an enduring example of how sociological analysis has changed since its inception and how it continues to do so.

Commuter: I often listen to the radio, and observe that the quality of music played on 1980s flashback programs is generally higher than that of pop music from today’s era. It must be the case that musicians in the ‘80s possessed more creativity, technical skill, and passion than those performing today.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the critic’s argument?

Senate committee member: Public internet usage has increased by more than 100 percent in the last five years, and building more data centers to handle future increases is not feasible. That is why I propose legislating a strict limit on the amount of data any one person can use and implementing that policy nationwide.

The senate committee member’s proposal assumes which of the following?

In the coordinate system above, which of the following is the equation of line <i>Li>?