Part I: Writing the Story (15 Points) Now that you have made physical models of different types of rocks and how they form and also played the Rock Cycle Game, it’s time for you to use your knowledge to develop your own model of the rock cycle. You will write an adventure story that chronicles the journey of a rock through two transformations. In other words:

starting rock type…transformation…new rock type…transformation…new rock type.

Here are the criteria for your story:

Story Criteria:

Choose a rock type to start with—igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary

Choose a place/location on Earth where the journey begins

Describe the processes involved for each transformation the rock undergoes

Describe the energy source that drives each process/transformation

Describe the place/location on Earth where each process/transformation occurs

Describe the amount of time the process/transformation takes

Identify t

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Henry crouch's law office has traditionally ordered ink refills 55 units at a time. the firm estimates that carrying cost is 35% of the $11 unit cost and that annual demand is about 240 units per year. the assumptions of the basic eoq model are thought to apply. for what value of ordering cost would its action be optimal? a) for what value of ordering cost would its action be optimal?

Atrough in the business cycle occurs when