Correct Answer: B) Gingerbread,

Explanation

The choice that completes the text and conforms to the conventions of Standard English is B) Gingerbread, Her 2019 novel Gingerbread, offers a delicious twist on the classic tale of Hansel and Gretel.

Correct Answer: D. Hamzah

Correct Answer: D. 1/12r

Explanation

\(\frac{5}{6r} - \frac{3}{4r}\)

= \(\frac{10 - 9}{12r}\)

= \(\frac{1}{12r}\)

Correct Answer: C. bank balance

Explanation

Bank balance is the amount of money held in a bank account at a given moment. It is not a form of money, but rather the total amount of money owned by a bank customer at a particular point in time

Correct Answer: D. denied to all states in the federation

Explanation

Under the Nigeria 1999 constitution as amended, the right to secede is denied all states in the federation. The constitution does not provide any provision for any state or part of the country to secede or separate from the federation.

Explanation

(a) Functions of a cartel:

Regulation of production and price: A cartel regulates the production and raises the price of their products/services.

Regulation of production: The organization, to a large extent, has succeeded in allocating production quotas to member states.

Restriction of output Members of a cartel can also agree to prevent, restrict or limit the goods or services they are buying or selling or the goods or services that would likely be bought and sold.

Bid rigging: A cartel does this through an agreement among its members about who should win a bid among them.-

Market sharing: This occurs when businesses collude to carve up markets as regards the sale of a specific product, a geographical area, or a specific type of customer or consumer. among them.

(b)Advantages of public enterprises:

i. Provision of infrastructural facilities: Public enterprises provide infrastructural facilities such as roads, schools, railways, electricity, etc. to the populace.

ii. Availability of large capital: Since public enterprises are owned by the government, there is always availability of sufficient capital to ensure the expansion of the enterprises.

iii. There is continuity: Public enterprises can last for a long period of time. In other words, there is perpetual existence.

iv. Development of capital projects: The establishment of public enterprises can ensure the development of capital projects, e.g. rural electrification.

v. Avoidance of exploitation of consumers: Public enterprises are consumer-conscious as they ensure that the exploitation of consumers is greatly reduced.

vi. Creation of higher standards: The government enters into business in order to ensure higher standards, e.g provision of educational facilities.

vii. Accountability to the public: Public enterprises are accountable to the public because they have to submit their annual reports to the parliament.

viii. They cater for the interest of workers: in public enterprIses, the interest of the workers is catered for and the employees have a great sense of security

ix. Provision of employment opportunities: Public enterprises provide employment opportunities for the teeming number of the unemployed.

x. Generation of revenue: Revenue is generated by the government from public enterprises, e.g. water rate or electricity bill, to finance other projects

Disadvantages of public enterprises:

i. Large capital requirement: The cost of establishing a public Corporation is very high, i.e. large capital is involved.

ii. Government interference: Government can interfere in the activities of public enterprises through the appointment of unqualified and incompetent people as board members.

iii. Inefficiency in operation: Lack of competition can bring about inefficiency in business operations.

iv. Danger of monopoly: Public enterprises are monopolistic in nature, e.g. NEPA (now PHCN); hence, it can abuse the privileged.

v. Bureaucratic tendencies and red-tapism: Decision making may be slow because it has to pass through many people or channels before approval

vi. Corruption and mismanagement: Many public enterprises In Nigeria have become the major areas for embezzlement and mismanagement of the nation's resources

vii. Wastage: In public enterprises, wastages are usually recorded, and the taxpayers bear the brunt.

Correct Answer: B. inelastic

Explanation

In case of perishable goods such as vegetables, fruits, and other eatables, the supply would be inelastic. This is because the supply of perishable goods cannot be increased or decreased easily.

Correct Answer: (D) east Africa

Correct Answer: C. should have known

Correct Answer: A. \(\frac{5\pi}{12}\)

Explanation

\(180° = \pi rads\)

\(1° = \frac{\pi}{180}\)

\(\therefore 75° = \frac{\pi}{180} \times 75 \)

= \(\frac{5\pi}{12}\)