First-time computer buyers buying pxc home computers typically buy models that cost much less and have a smaller profit margin per computer than do pxc computers bought by people replacing their computers with more powerful models. last year pxc's profits from computer sales were substantially higher than the previous year, although about the same number of pxc computers were sold and the prices and profit margins for each computer model that pxc sells remained unchanged.

if the statements above are true, which of the following is most strongly supported by them?

(a) pxc's competitors raised the prices on their computers last year, making pxc computers more attractive to first-time computer buyers.

(b) the number of people buying pxc computers who also bought pxc computer-related products, such as printers, was larger last year than the previous year.

(c) among computer buyers who bought a pxc computer to replace their existing computer, the proportion who were replacing a computer made by a competitor of pxc was greater last year than the previous year.

(d) the proportion of pxc computers bought by first-time computer buyers was smaller last year than the previous year.

(e) pxc's production costs for its computers were lower last year than they had been the previous year.

Write a modular program (no classes yet, just from what you learned last year), that allows two players to play a game of tic-tac-toe. use a two-dimensional char array with 3 rows and 3 columns as the game board. each element of the array should be initialized with an asterisk (*). the program should display the initial board configuration and then start a loop that does the following: allow player 1 to select a location on the board for an x by entering a row and column number. then redisplay the board with an x replacing the * in the chosen location. if there is no winner yet and the board is not yet full, allow player 2 to select a location on the board for an o by entering a row and column number. then redisplay the board with an o replacing the * in the chosen location. the loop should continue until a player has won or a tie has occurred, then display a message indicating who won, or reporting that a tie occurred. player 1 wins when there are three xs in a row, a column, or a diagonal on the game board. player 2 wins when there are three ox in a row, a column, or a diagonal on the game board. a tie occurs when all of the locations on the board are full, but there is no winner. input validation: only allow legal moves to be entered. the row must be 1, 2, or 3. the column must be 1, 2 3. the (row, column) position entered must currently be empty (i.e., still have an asterisk in it).

Singing in the rain: this first part of the film shows the early history of motion picture. how accurate do you think the portrayal of the early motion picture industry is? why? is historical accuracy important in films and theater productions? explain.

Suppose s, t, and w are strings that have already been created inside main. write a statement or statements, to be added to main, that will determine if the lengths of the three strings are in order by length, smallest to largest. that is, your code should determine if s is strictly shorter than t, and if t is strictly shorter than w. if these conditions hold your code should print (the boolean value) true. if not, your code should print false. (strictly means: no ties) example: if s, t, and w are "cat", "hats", and "skies" your code should print true - their lengths are 3-4-5; but if s, t, and w are "cats" "shirt", and "trust", then print false - their lengths are 4-5-5 enter your code in the box below