"The driver applied the _______ as soon as she approached the hotel where she wanted to take a ________."

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"It is no surprise that every society has had codes of behaviour; however, the nature of these codes is often _________."

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The temperature T in a room varies as a function of the outside temperature T₀ and the number of persons in the room p, according to the relation $$T = K(\Theta p + {T_0})$$, where $$\Theta $$ and K are constants. What would be the value of $$\Theta $$ given the following data?

Hema's age is 5 years more than twice Hari's age. Suresh's age is 13 years less than 10 times Hari's age. If Suresh is 3 times as old as Hema, how old is Hema?

A fruit seller sold a basket of fruits at 12.5% loss. Had he sold it for Rs. 108 more, he would have made a 10% gain. What is the loss in Rupees incurred by the fruit seller?

The price of a wire made of a superalloy material is proportional to the square of its length. The price of 10 m length of the wire is Rs. 1600. What would be the total price (in Rs.) of two wires of lengths 4 m and 6m?

Which of the following function(s) is an accurate description of the graph for the range(s) indicated? $$\eqalign{ & (i)\,\,y = 2x + 4\,for\, - 3 \le x \le - 1 \cr & (ii)\,y = \,|x - 1|\,for\, - 1 \le x \le 2 \cr & (iii)\,y = \,\left| {\left| x \right| - 1} \right|\,for\, - 1 \le x \le 2 \cr & (iv)\,y = 1\,for\,2 \le x \le 3 \cr} $$

Each of the letters arranged as below represents a unique integer from 1 to 9. The letters are positioned in the figure such that (A $$ \times $$ B $$ \times $$ C), (B $$ \times $$ G $$ \times $$ E) and (D $$ \times $$ E $$ \times $$ F) are equal. Which integer among the following choices cannot be represented by the letters A, B, C, D, E, F or G?

Consider a sequence of numbers $${a_1},{a_2},{a_3},....,{a_n}$$ where $${a_n} = {1 \over n} - {1 \over {n + 2}}$$, for each integer n > 0. What is the sum of the first 50 terms?