Seventy percent of the students in a classroom are women and 30 percent are men. one student is described as ambitious, athletic, and assertive. why are most people likely to think this description refers to a male student?

The correct answer to this question is that:

People are “using the representativeness bias / heuristics”

In psychology, heuristics are rules or set of rules which people use to form judgements or decisions. In this case, people believe that an ambitious, athletic, and assertive person would be a representation of a male.

the money supply is the total amount of money available in the economy. how do changes in the money supply affect people and businesses?

the correct answer is "c": the pillars proclaimed his regret at the bloodshed at the battle of kalinga and his conversion to buddhism.

the kalinga war is considered as one of the largest battles in the history of india. it was fought between the between the maurya empire, which ruled the lands of what is now known as india at the time, and the independent feudal kingdom of kalinga.

the army of maurya empire, led by its king ashoka, fought a prolonged war against kalinga. the war ended around 262 bce with the victory of the maurya empire. it is believed that ashoka, after having witnessed the loss of many lives during this war, felt deep responsibility and eventually converted into buddhism.