Exxon mobil enters into a pact with gazprom, the world's largest natural gas extractor, to set up a processing unit in baku, azerbaijan. which of the following is most likely the reason for exxon mobil to opt for this strategic alliance? 1. to scale back its core competencies2. to better compete with gazprom3. to restrict its factors of production4. to gain access to low-cost inputs of production5. to gain access to new customers

Saeed needs money to purchase tools, basic office supplies, parts to refurbish equipment, accounting software, and legal fees. believing saeed's business will be a success, an investor invests $5,000 to saeed open his business. in return, saeed agrees to repay the investor the $5,000 plus 17 percent of the profits of the business. calculate the return on investment for the investor if saeed's business makes $7,000 in profit as a total return of the business in its first year.

Identify the three components of a family's culture and provide one example from your own experience

True or false: a fitted model with more predictors will necessarily have a lower training set error than a model with fewer predictors.