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So, based on prospect theory, pricing something only a few cents under a whole dollar could be beneficial to the seller. This theory works well because of how the reference point is established by the consumer. The reference point for something that is $19.98 would be $20.
The entire state frequently experiences temperatures above 100 °F (38 °C) or below 0 °F (−18 °C), [85] though below-zero temperatures are rare in south-central and southeastern Oklahoma. Snowfall ranges from an average of less than 4 in (102 mm) in the south to just over 20 in (508 mm) on the border of Colorado in the panhandle. [69]
Before the Paris Agreement was settled, the IPCC assessment reports focused roughly in equal proportions on temperatures above and below 2°C. However, in the 6th assessment report, after the Paris Engagement was reached, slightly less than 20 % of the temperature mentions are above 2°C and almost 50 % focus on 1.5°C alone. [115]
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.At about 30.3 million km 2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surface area. [9]
The hottest temperature recorded in Chanute was 116 °F (46.7 °C) on July 18, 1936, while the coldest temperature recorded was −23 °F (−30.6 °C) on January 30, 1949. [ 11 ]
The average annual temperature is 11 °C (52 °F) in the south and 8 °C (46 °F) in the north. [245] In summer, average maximum temperatures in Bucharest rise to 28 °C (82 °F), and temperatures over 35 °C (95 °F) are fairly common in the lower-lying areas of the country. [ 246 ]
There was a large but unknown number of South Asian Filipinos, as the majority of the slaves imported into the archipelago were from Bengal and India, [20] adding Dravidian and Indo-Aryan speaking South Indians and Indo-European speaking Bengalis into the ethnic mix.
In terms of access to fresh water, data from 65 utility companies shows that only 12% of households in the area covered by them had access to the water network in 2002; by 2007, more than 70% of the population was connected. Though urbanisation has many benefits, it has some drawbacks since it creates more traffic, and air and water pollution ...