How did planets form, and what was Earth like in its first 500 million years of existence?

Read the excerpt from "Everyday Survival," in which the author relates a story told by a retired LosAngeles police officer.Denial, which psychologists call the "incredulity response." is almost universal, even amongindividuals with excellent training. David Klinger, a retired Los Angeles police officer, describes in hisbook into the Kill Zone that while moonlighting as a bank guard he saw "three masked figures withassault rifles run through the foyer of the bank." His first thought was that the local SWAT team waspracticing. His second was that they were dressed up for Halloween.How does the author use this story as a rhetorical strategy to support his perspective?Select all that apply.Everyday Survivalto describe a tragic situation that will appeal to his readers' emotionsto demonstrate his own expertise in having done extensive research into the conceptof denialto show his readers that denial is such a common human response that it even occursin experienced emergency personnelto explain why police officers always respond to emergency situations as they should An astronomy research team has been studying the atmosphere of a moon orbiting a newly discovered exoplanet. The team has determined that the moon has an average temperature of 95K on the surface, with an average pressure of 1.6atm. Remote analysis of this moon's atmosphere has revealed it has a molar mass of 28.6 g/mol. Calculate the density (g/L) of 1 mole of the moon's atmosphere under the given conditions. Carlton Company uses the percent of sales method to estimate its bad debt expense. Based on past experience, the company estimates 2 percent of credit sales to be uncollectible. At the end of the current year, the company's unadjusted trial balance shows Accounts Receivable of $245,000 and Credit Sales of $900,000. Prepare the necessary December 31 adjusting entry by selecting the account names and dollar amounts from the drop-down menus. An angle measuring 5.25 radians is equal to which of the measures given below? Check all that apply. - 300 degrees 48 - 16.49 degrees - 16degree 24 -300.8 degree What is the cost of a $1, 200 washing machine after a discount of the original price? Which of the following is commonly found in text where writers use a stream-of-consciousness style? Which step in the decision-making process would help you indeciding how much money you want to make at work?a. Gather informationb. Define your wants and needsc. Evaluate your choicesd. Analyze your resourcesPlease select the best answer from the choices provided A spherical capacitor contains a charge of 3.40 nC when connected to a potential difference of 240.0 V. Its plates are separated by vacuum and the inner radius of the outer shell is 4.10 cm.Calculate:a. The capacitance b. The radius of the inner sphere. c. The electric field just outside the surface of the inner sphere. ____ is a term describing a response of your body to a foreign pathogen.O A. InfectionO B. InflammationO C. ErythemaO D. Allergy which types of goods have elastic demand.1.Non-essential or essential goods? 2.More substitute or less substitute? Organizational communication helps us to:_______ 1) accomplish tasks relating to specific roles and responsibilities of sales, services, and production; 2) acclimate to changes through individual and organizational creativity and adaptation; 3) complete tasks through the maintenance of policy, procedures, or regulations that support daily and continuous operations; 4) develop relationships where "human messages are directed at people within the organization-their attitudes, morale, satisfaction, and fulfillment" (Goldhaber 20); and 5) coordinate, plan, and control the operations of the organization through management (Katz & Kahn; Redding; Thayer). Organizational communication is how organizations represent, present, and constitute their organizational climate and culturethe attitudes, values and goals that characterize the organization and its members. Tech A says that an overdrive gear ratio means the input gear turns faster than the output gear. Tech B says that overdrive ratios provide less torque output than underdrive ratios. Who is correct? The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) Group of answer choices reaffirmed the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision. arose from a case involving segregation in Mississippi. declared that separate educational facilities were unlawful. passed by a narrow 5-4 vote. set specific timetables for enactment. Assume that y varies directly withx, then solve.If y=2when x=, find y when x=1y = A cylindrical capacitor is made of two thin-walled concentric cylinders. The inner cylinder has radius 5 mm , and the outer one a radius 11 mm . The common length of the cylinders is 160 m . What is the potential energy stored in this capacitor when a potential difference 6 V is During the month of March, Karen Company's employees earned wages of $68,000. Withholdings related to these wages were $5,202 for Social Security (FICA), $14,700 for federal income tax, $6,300 for state income tax, and $900 for union dues. The company incurred no cost related to these earnings for federal unemployment tax, but incurred $2,000 for state unemployment tax.Required:Prepare the necessary March 31 journal entry to record wages expense and wages payable. Assume that wages earned during March will be paid during April. Marking BRAINLIEST!! - Chlorine reacts with methane to form gaseous hydrogen chloride and chloromethane according to the following equation: Cl2 (g) + CH4 (g) HCl (g) + CH3Cl (g) If 100 mL of chlorine reacted with excess methane at constant pressure and temperature, what volume of chloromethane would be formed? Which sequence of transformations creates a similar but not congruent triangle?A. Dilation and reflectionB. Reflection and rotationC. Reflection and translationD. Translation and rotation Jansen Company reports the following for its ski department for the year 2019. All of its costs are direct, except as noted.Sales $610,000 Cost of goods sold 435,000 Salaries 113,000 ($25,000 is indirect)Utilities 15,600 ($5,700 is indirect)Depreciation 54,400 ($17,400 is indirect)Office expenses 29,600 (all indirect)1. Prepare a departmental income statement for 2019.2. & 3. Prepare a departmental contribution to overhead report for 2019. Based on these two performance reports, should Jansen eliminate the ski department? solve and give answer in surd form7 /1+1/2