. At the low end, the telephone system is star shaped, with all the local loops in a neighborhood converging on an end office. In contrast, cable television consists
of a single long cable snaking its way past all the houses in the same
neighborhood. Suppose that a future TV cable were 10-Gbps fiber instead of
copper. Could it be used to simulate the telephone model of everybody having
their own private line to the end office? If so, how many one-telephone houses
could be hooked up to a single fiber?

Which of the following statements comparing debit cards to credit cards is true? debit cards allow you to draw funds directly from your checking account. debit cards typically offer greater fraud protection than credit cards. debit cards never require a signature to finalize a purchase like credit cards. debit cards charge higher interest rates on purchases than credit cards.

Environmental science jobs are expected to grow by how much between now and 2016? a) 5% b) 15% c) 25% d) 100%

Atown located beside a river derives a large percentage of its revenues each year from the local logging industry. however, heavy traffic to and from the logging sites has increased pollution and contributed to soil erosion. this has also resulted in the loss of native bird species in the logged forests. which of the following is the most sustainable solution to this problem? protecting certain forested areas to allow the birds to recover relocating the equipment and vehicles to new forests for logging relocating the birds to new forests away from the town introducing new bird species to replace the species that have been lost reducing the number of trucks traveling through the forest by 10 percent