Assignment 2 Risk analysis- Grading Criteria
Grading Criteria
Proficient
Maximum Points
Describe the company, its industry, its products, the markets it
serves, and the type of operations that will be taken abroad.
Clearly described the company, its industry, its products, the
markets it serves, and the operations to be started in another
country.
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Consider the assigned readings and the research literature
related to this module and develop a country risk analysis for
your company.
Developed a comprehensive risk analysis of the selected
countries of operation for the company supporting the
affirmations with current research and reliable data and
evidence.
20
Assess the attractiveness of each country for the business and
decide which (if any) of the opportunities should be pursued.
Analyze the political, social, and economic factors.
The attractiveness of each of the two countries is assessed based
on a detailed analysis of political, social, and economic factors.
A decision is included and supported.
20
Writing Standards
Write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate
ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of
sources (i.e. APA); and display accurate spelling, grammar, and
punctuation.
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated
ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of

sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and
punctuation.
12
Total:
60
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Functions
The focus of this week is to learn more about functions and to
work with nonlinear equations. A function is
a relationship between two variables; one variable is called the
input (or x) and the other variable is the
output (or y). The basic idea of a function is that every input
has exactly one output.
Learn more about functions with the video “Introduction to

Functions” from Khan Academy (go to CME >
Building Math Confidence > Math Videos > Khan Academy).
Types of Functions
Functions are used to model data, so patterns or trends can be
identified from the data. For that reason,
it’s necessary to identify the different types of functions to be
able to describe the data. Here is a list of
the most typical functions and its graphs:
Name of the Function Function Form Graph
Linear
Quadratic
Cubic
Rational
http://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/algebra-

functions/v/introduction-to-functions
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Radical √
How to Find the Domain and the Range
The graph of a function is a continuous line or curve. The
domain of a continuous line or curve will be
from the smallest x-coordinate where the graph starts to the
largest x-coordinate where the graph ends,
when reading the x-axis from left to right. The range of a
continuous line or curve will be from the smallest
y-coordinate where the graph starts to the largest y-coordinate
where the graph ends, when reading the
y-axis from bottom to top. See the graph below.
Operations with Functions

We can perform the below basic operations with functions. Let
and – .
Addition:
Example:
Let and –
–
–
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Subtraction:
Example:

Let and –
–
Multiplication:
Example:
Let and –
–
Division:

Example:
Let and –
(This rational expression cannot be simplified more).
The above operations with functions are performed in the same
manner as you did with polynomials.
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Zero Product Property
This property states that if a multiplication results in zero, then
it means one of the factors must be zero.
Algebraically this property is written as AB = 0, then A = 0 or
B = 0. This property is essential when

solving quadratic equations by the factoring method, which you
will learn in Cognitive Tutor.
1. How are these concepts of direct, inverse, and joint variation
used in everyday life? Provide examples for each.
2. Other than those listed in the text, how might the
Pythagorean theorem be used in everyday life? Provide
examples of each.
3. Post your response to the following: What is the difference
between domain and range? Describe a real-life situation that
could be modeled by a function.
Provide feedback about your classmates' answers. Describe the
values for x that may not be appropriate values even when they
are defined by your classmates' function. A function could, for
example, indicate the amount of bone strength (y) in a living
human body over time in years (x). It would not make sense to
look at negative years, because the person would not yet be
born. Likewise, looking beyond 100 years might not make
sense, as many people do not live to be 100.
4. Here's a practice problem for everyone to solve:
A function f computes the average individual income in dollars
in relation to educational attainment. This function is defined
by
f (N) = 21,484
f (H) = 31,286
f (B) = 57,181
and f (M) = 70,181
where N denotes no diploma, H a high school diploma, B a
bachelor’s
degree, and M a master’s degree.
Three parts:
(a) Write f as a set of ordered pairs.
(b) Give the domain and range of f.

(c) Discuss the relationship between education and income.
5. Scott wants to swim across a river that is 400 meters wide.
He begins swimming perpendicular to the shore he started from
but ends up 100 meters down river from where he started
because of the current. How far did he actually swim from his
starting point?
6. In the Old West, settlers often fashioned tents out of a piece
of cloth thrown over tent poles and then secured to the ground
with stakes forming an isosceles triangle. How long would the
cloth have to be so that the opening of the tent was 4 meters
high and 3 meters wide?
Module 5 Readings
Complete the following readings early in the module:
· Read the overview for Module 5
· From The globalization paradox: Democracy and the future of
the world economy, read the following chapter:
· Why Doesn’t Everyone get the Case for Free Trade?
· From the Argosy University online library, read:
· Griswold, D. (2011). Free trade and the global middle
class. Hayek Society Journal, 9. Retrieved from
http://www.hayeksocietyjournal.com/free-trade-and-the-global-
middle-class.html