Category: Engineering

Are crabs lay eggs? A female red crab can lay up to 100,000 eggs, which she holds in her abdominal sac. With the arrival of the waning moon, females make their way into the sea. In what looks like a dance, females brace themselves at the waters edge, and release their eggs. A female crab […]

How does salt make water denser? Adding salt to water makes the water denser. As the salt dissolves in the water, it adds mass (more weight to the water). This makes the water denser and allows more objects to float on the surface that would sink in fresh water. When salt is added to water […]

How many pips is 10 points? 1 Pip How much is a point worth in forex? Most currency pairs are priced to four decimal places and the smallest change is the last (fourth) decimal point. A pip is the equivalent of 1/100 of 1% or one basis point. For example, the smallest move the USD/CAD […]

Why is a day lose when crossing the international date line from west to east? The prime meridian is also where the system of 24-hour timekeeping that is called Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) originated. As you go east from the prime meridian, the time zones increase consecutively by one hour, or conversely, decrease consecutively by […]

What is JavaScript on a website? JavaScript is a scripting or programming language that allows you to implement complex features on web pages — every time a web page does more than just sit there and display static information for you to look at — displaying timely content updates, interactive maps, animated 2D/3D graphics, scrolling […]

Why do e-commerce reduces fixed costs? E-commerce reduces fixed costs because it eliminates or reduces many fixed costs such as location, employees and insurance. Marginal product is the additional product derived from additional units of labor. By that definition, when marginal product increases, total product increases as well. How does e-commerce lower costs? E-commerce also […]

How do you dye eggplant? The luxurious aubergine color is a mix of red and purple and sometimes carries a hint of brown. When making your own eggplant color, you can determine how red or brown the color leans. As noted above, mixing a warm red and blue (two primary colors) together results in purple […]

How do I manually backup my Mac? To perform a manual backup, click the Time Machine’s menu bar icon and select Back Up Now, or hold Ctrl and the icon for your backup drive and select Back Up Now. Your system is then backed up in the background. How do I backup my old iMac? […]

Is the bicentennial dollar worth anything? Clad bicentennial dollars in Mint State are much rarer in high grades than Proof clad coins that are common through PF69. Except for 1976 Type 1 that is worth $1,500 in MS66, most of the others are $55 in that grade, and all are rare in MS67 – especially […]

What does Anna Quindlen write about? The book focuses on the relationship between a young woman and her mother, who is dying from cancer. Quindlen’s own mother, Prudence Quindlen, died in 1972 while in her 40s from ovarian cancer. At the time Quindlen was a college student, but came home to take care of her […]