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Question: How does a catalyst increase the rate of a chemical reaction? How does a catalyst increase the rate of a chemical reaction? A. A catalyst increases the average kinetic energy of the products of the reaction. B. A catalyst increases the rate of collisions between reactant particles. C. A catalyst decreases the threshold energy value with which two particles must collide in order to react. D. A catalyst increases the activation energy of a chemical reaction. E. A catalyst increases the average kinetic energy of the reactants of the reaction.

Answer: C. it decreases the threshold energy. What actually happens is that it forms an intermediate compound that is of lower theshold energy and then that compound is cosumed to form the final compound.

Question: How do you increase punching power and speed without using weights? I want to increase my punching power for a boxing tournament.What are exercises and way you could increase your punching speed and power without doing weights?I already practiced hitting a heavy bag which helped increase my speed and power,but I want to know other ways of increasing punching speed and power.

Answer: you can't. just do your basic homework babe

Question: How do I increase my flexibility in my legs? I'm 13 years old and 5'8 1/2 tall. I have a vertical jump of about 22-25inches and I want to increase it. My legs are pretty strong but not really flexibility. I know flexibility helps your vertical so I want to improve it. How do I? Remember, I am not trying to get better at dance or gymnastics or trying to do a split. I'm just trying to increase my flexibility a little to help increase my vertical. Also, any other tips on increasing my vertical leap?

Answer: Try to stretch 5-6 times a week but make sure to leave 1 or 2 days to relax your muscles. The best time to stretch is after a shower when your muscles are warm and will lengthen much easier. Spare a bout 10 to 20 minutes just sitting and stretching. If you do this regularly then you will get flexible easier. Here's what i do: Flexibility- 1. Sit in straddle and stretch up making sure your pelvis is not rolling back causing your back to arch. 2. In this position, reach over to one leg pushing your bellybutton to your leg first to assume the full stretch. Repeat on other side and hold for 8. 3. Stretch up, and place one hand on one knee and the other hand reaching over the top to grab the foot of the other leg. This stretch creats a deeper stretch through you side and inner thigh. Hold for 8 and swap. 4. Stretch up and slowly crawl your fingertips down the middle while keeping a flat back and not hunching your shoulders. One major mistake most people make when performing this is not having your knees facing upwards. As soon as you roll them over the stretch lessens majorly and therefore does not stretch to the full effect. Hold for 8. 5. Sit in butterfly/froggy. Where your feet are placed will be determined by your flexibility and as you get more flexible your will bring them in closer. Hold for 8. 6. In butterfly/froggy position, bring your head down to your feet while keeping a flat back. You may not be able to get right down. Hold for 8. 7. Put one arm under your chin and use the other to support and pull it, hold for 8 and swap. 8. Place one arm behind your head in an angled position and use the other to pull it. Remember that a stretch will not do anything unless you hold the position to lengthen the muscle and implant it into your muscle memory. At first the stretches will hurt and you have to know where to limit yourself otherwise you could hurt something. After a while they don't hurt as much and stretching will feel good. Put in as much as you can! Good luck, :)

Question: How do you increase kicking power and speed without using weights? I want to increase my kicking power for an upcoming MA tournament.What are exercises and way you could increase your kicking speed and power without doing weights?I already practiced hitting a heavy bag which helped increase my speed and power,but I want to know other ways of increasing kicking speed and power.

Answer: Use ankle weights, or simply practice your kicks over and over and over and over again. As Bruce Lee said, “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”

Question: How can the increase in population in hawks increase the population of plants? I know how plants can increase the population of hawks but how can hawks increase the population of plants?

Answer: hawks eat the creatures that eat the plants, therefore if you get more hawks, you can keep more plants.

Question: How could an increased supply of goods and services cause an increase in the overall wealth of the world? Adam Smith predicted that globalization would allow for increased specialization in the supply of goods and services. How could that cause an increase in the overall wealth of the world?

Answer: When each man had to create everything he needed it was a Herculean task just to stay alive. As specialization increased so did the production capacity of the individual. this further led to improvements in methodologies sciences and technologies. Globalization is a mere extension of the same. But the benefits of the increased production can reach the people only when the social system followed by the community allows it. In most countries the centralized power structure will not allow the benefits of human progress to fall outside that of the group controlling the power, this could be in the name of religion,class(worker, poor, rich,arms cartels) or ethnic groups. These same power centres try to place the blame of their system ,which exludes majority of the population from the benefits of progress, on globalization which brought about this progress. If at some time in the future globalization can inspire man to interact with each other based only by mutual consent between individuals, and not by any blind group considerations, we have the resources and knowledge base to form a truly Utopian society

Question: How will an increase in salary affect my credit score? I understand that credit score isn't necessarily based on income but here's my situation. I have about 16,000 in revolving debt with a 600 credit score. My yearly income has recently increased 10 fold which obviously improves my debt to income ratio. How long after this increase should I see improvements in my credit score and by how much. Also what triggers the credit bureaus that this increase in income has occurred?

Answer: Your income as nothing to do with your credit score and the credit bureaus do not keep track of your income. Your income should put you in yet a better position to make all your payments on time, which does affect your score. Paying off that revolving debt with all the money you are now making will also help.

Question: How to do a basic increase when knitting sleeves of a cardigan? Im following a pattern for a cardigan and im on the sleeves, i have finnished the ribbing and now need to continue in stocking stitch but increasing 1 stitch at each end of the needle on the 5th and evey following 2nd row. Ive looked at soem videos o how to do the increase but im confused as there are so many types, do i need to do a visable increase or a non visable increase? the pattern does not say. Can any help please? thanks!

Answer: It would probably be best to do something that isn't as visible, at least that would be what I would prefer. A yarn-over creates a hole, so you probably would want to avoid that increase as well. Like the other person said, it's up to you what you want it to look like. I don't know if this is where you've been looking for videos, but http://knittinghelp.com/knitting/basic_techniques/increase.php has a picture of what the increase will look like and then also has videos for the techniques. Good Luck!

Question: How can an increase in the interest rate make bonds more attractive and reduce their price? The Demand for bonds an increase in the interest rate makes bonds more attractive, so its leads people to hold more of their wealth in bonds, as opposed to money. However, you also learned that an increase in the interest rate reduced the price of bonds. How can an increase in the interest rate make bonds more attractive and reduce their price?

Answer: Bond prices move inversely to interest rates. When interest rates go up, bond prices go down and when interest rates go down, bond prices go up. Remember, we’re talking about previously issued bonds trading on the open market. The inverse relationship is easy to see with this simple illustration. A bond is issued for $10,000 for five years with a 5% coupon or interest rate, paid every six months. Then interest rates rise to 6%. If you want to sell this bond, who would buy it when it is paying 1% below market rates (5% vs. 6%)? You have to sweeten the deal so the buyer gets a market rate for the bond. You can’t change the interest rate on the bond. That’s fixed at 5%. You can, however change the price you will take for the bond. The annual payment of $500 ($10,000 x 5%) must equal a 6% payment. Doing the math, you discover that the face value of the bond must be discounted to $8,333 so that the $500 fixed payment equals a 6% yield on the buyer’s investment ($8,333 x 6% = $500). If interest rates went down instead of up, you could then sell your bond at a premium over face value because the fixed interest rate would be higher than the market rate. Now say you don't have any bonds, and the interest rate rises to 6%. If this is a high interest rate, it's a good idea for you to purchase a bond at this current interest rate because the interest rate may decrease in the future. Thus, bonds are more attractive than holding money when the interest rate is high.

Question: Is requesting an increase in a credit card limit treated the same as an application for new credit for FICO? I know that applying for a new card will reduce my FICO, and that increasing credit limits (while keeping debt amounts constant) will increase my score - but this would not be the case if requesting the increase in credit limit is treated as a new credit card application?

Answer: Depends. Some banks do a hard pull on your reports and check your scores which is called a hard pull. Sometimes they do a soft pull. A hard pull is a new inquiry on your report just like a new application and has to be authorized by you. A soft pull isn't a new inquiry and can be done by your card companies periodically. Soft pull is like account maintainance. Chase always does a hard pull as far as I know for CLI. When you request your CLI, ask them to do a soft pull and not a hard pull and see if they will do that. I tried this with RBS, they dont do soft pulls. Capital One and HSBC did and increased my credit without a hard pull. Cards that offer automatic CLIs tend to do it via soft pulls. As long as it is not a hard pull, it wont count against your FICO scores. Read the difference in the following article. http://credit-free-report.blogspot.com/2007/12/hard-pull-vs-soft-pull.html

Question: How can me & my partner increase our chances on conceiving a Girl? Is it true that iff the woman eats goes on an ''Acidic food diet'' that will increase the chances of having a Girl? Because the ''Y'' sperms 'prefer' an ''Alkaline'' environment? Also having sex 3-5 days BEFORE ovulation increases the chance? Also having sex in a ''Missionary posision'' increases the chances does it? Is their anything else i should know to increase the chances i know about the ''Shettles Method'' & everything like that just wondering because my boyfriend has a low sperm count? & we already have a 2yr old son.

Answer: acording to resurch dont have hi cal diet as u tend to get boys A study from Exeter University reveals how we can help to determine the sex of our offspring by what we eat. “If you want a boy, eat a healthy diet with a high calorie intake, including breakfast,” says Fiona Mathews, the lead researcher of the study. Yet as a nation we are becoming heavier by the day - 56 per cent of British women are classed as overweight or obese. So is it sensible to give all women of childbearing age who want a baby boy carte blanche to pack away the calories? Gaining those extra pounds may be fine for women whose weight is normal, but not for those who are already too heavy. Doing so could increase their risk of raised blood pressure and pregnancy-related diabetes if they conceive. Although the researchers say that it would be ethically wrong for women who want a baby girl to go on a low-calorie plan, that is precisely what those women would be tempted to do. This could reduce their fertility - a rather obvious own goal - and affect nutrient intake at a time when a diet containing adequate vitamins and minerals, essential fats, protein and energy is crucial for development of the foetus, whatever its sex, as well as the mother's health. This research should be viewed with caution. After all, Victoria Beckham has three bonny boys and she, for one, seems clearly to contradict the study's findings. Have your say These statistical results seem very misleading. They make assumptions that are not scientifically based. The claim from this study was with regards breakfast cereal, but that does not conclude anything about calories and does not even mention milk maybe having an effect. These claims are spurious. Clare, Cambridge, UK It seems like it would be fairly straightforward to test this theory by comparing the rise in obesity to male/female birthrates over the last 30 years. Shawn, Louisville, just because victoria beckham isn't fat doesn't mean that she didn't have a high calorie intake during her pregnancy. other factors include a high metabolism and exercise.

Question: How much can I increase the # of exemptions in my paycheck AND increase the % into my 403b plan and be ok? In other words I am looking for a tricky way to reduce my Gross Income for taxes and save as much as possible for retirement. My thought is this: If I increase my exemptions for withholding to 8 and then I increase the percentage of money put into my 403b plan to 15% I can be putting more money into retirement and giving the government less money in taxes. Will this work?

Answer: Yes, it will work. However, you need to do some work before you implement your plan. There will be a lot of trial and error. The first thing that you need to do is get a copy of your 2006 tax return. This shouldn't be to hard since you just filed it. Second, you need to see if you believe that your income or deductions will change substantially without including your 403b deduction. Third, get a copy of your most recent pay stub. Wait for your next one if necessary. Fourth, make a mock tax return for this year using your projected income for the year, not including your 403b deduction, and accounting for any significant changes in your income and expenses. You need to see about what your tax refund/liability will be. Fifth, using a spreadsheet, breakdown your paycheck. You will need to review IRS Publication 15 to determine how much Federal tax is being taken out. http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15.pdf Start at page 36. You also need to do the same thing for state and local income taxes. You need to figure out your Social Security taxes (7.65% of your gross paycheck). And, any other deductions that are taken out before taxes (health insurance, flexible spending account) and deductions taken out after taxes (union dues, health insurance). Yes, health insurance can be taken out either way depending on your plan. If you can change it to be taken out pre-tax, do it. Once you have created your spreadsheet, you should be able to tell how much your new paycheck is by changing the number of exemptions for withholding and the percentage of Gross income withheld for your 403b deduction. Next, once you have a comfortable level of how your 403b contributions and number of exemptions affect your paycheck, pick a level to see how it will affect your federal income tax return for the year. If you owe more than $1000 when you do your mock tax return, you need to adjust your figures to have more taxes taken out. You need to do this so you don't get hit with underpayment penalties. Once you have settled on your plan, change your W-4 and increase your contributions to your 403b. When you get paid again, compare your figures to make sure that you deconstructed your paycheck correctly. Make changes where necessary. Review your paycheck again once you have perfected your method. And do a mock tax return again to make sure that you won't get hit with underpayment penalties. Once you have this system in place, you can easily adjust it to account for changes in your pay. Good luck with this. Believe it or not, I did this one day at work because I was bored out of my mind and I noticed that my 10% contribution to my retirement plan did not exactly match 10% of my gross income. So, it can be done. Its not the easiest thing to do though.

Question: How to increase appetite and/or gain weight in a healthy way? I'm 20 pounds underweight and would really like to gain, but not by just eating tons of junk food. My problem is I rarely have an appetite at all. I'm currently trying different suggestions online that I've read of ways to increase your appetite, but no luck just yet. Any suggestions about healthy weight gain or how to increase your appetite? Thanks in advance!

Answer: Weightgain can be tough, effectively you have to be taking in more calories than you are outputting through work (but im sure you already know that) Up your protein but also up your carbs (i.e eating meat for protein, potatoes / pasta for carbs) if you do this you HAVE to gain weight as it has to go somewhere. Your appetite problem can be resolved through exercise, if you still can't eat that much you need to get concentrated protein, try eating bars of making whey protein smoothies. If you chop some bananas and add some ice and strawberries into a blender with your protein shake you can make a tasty smoothie that will help you gain and not take up too much appetite. 2 things people forget are rest (sleep) and water, if you arent getting enough of either you'll stop gaining, also increased water consumption can help appetite just as bad sleep patterns will disrupt your it. Also are you grazing or just eating 3 meals a day? Grazing will increase the mass of your muscles are getting nutrients in constant supply, this involves eating small protein/carb heavy meals up to 8 times a day, a meal could just be a protein shake. There are a lot of websites which will tell you all about this, ours will when its complete. But till then try the link bellow. Hope that helped, Good luck with the weight gain!

Question: Would a increase in 411 constitute a cellular contract violation, thereby voiding it? I've been reading on getting out of contracts and I've heard fee increases can be contract violations on their part. So: Would a increase in 411 get me out of my contract?

Answer: have you been over using 411? or am i just misinterpreting your question. If you use 411 constantly you will realize that they charge something like $1.75 each time you use it. A simpler free 411 is 800-free 411 try it. It won't automatically connect you but it is free.

Question: How does light intensity increase the rate of photosynthesis? I am doing an assignment (A2 level) on how increasing light intensity can increase the rate of photosynthesis. I am aware of the light dependent and light independent reactions of photosynthesis and just wondered if anyone could give me any deeper scientific knowledge on why exactly light does increase the rate of photosynthesis, and why plants are still able to photosynthesise in small amounts of light. (I know all about all the other limiting factors, I just need a little more depth on the lights effects) Any information would be great. Thanks.

Answer: The greater the light intensity, the greater the number of photons striking chlorophyll molecules; rate of photosynthesis is increased.

Question: How to increase vertical without being hard on joints? I am about 6'0 and weigh around 140 lbs. I really want to increase my vertical, but my knee joints don't respond very well to heavy lifting (squats) or repeated strain (plyos). Are there any exercise routines that can help me increase leg strength without putting too much stress on my knees? So far I have been swimming laps and doing calf raisers, which has helped a little, but that's about it. Any help would be much appreciated!

Answer: jump roping is great for calves and jumping. You'd be surprised. Also, you want to work out the glutes muscles which plays an important role. You can do that by doing lunges and squats (no weights are required for these) So the important muscles are from your calves, butt, and quads. Actually it's your whole body but working those muscles will help. When you throw your arms up while in the air it also helps. I hope i helped. =) PS. stretching also plays a major role.