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November 1

What is range?

I was going to put this apart of question for 12th October I was just wondering if someone can help me understand what range means. In the article where it has a picture graph at the bottom of each one of them it has range 0-something written under it what does that mean and why is that there? https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-drinks-full-story/ http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2020_October_12#alcohol_and_artificially_sweetened_drinks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.116.234.222 (talk) 01:40, 1 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

See wikt:range#Noun, definitions 3 and 10. A range of numbers is a group of numbers between two points. For example, 8, 7, 10, 5, and 12 are on a range of from 5 to 12. A range of 3 to 8 would include all numbers between 3 and 8 (3, 3.14, 4, 4.5, 6, 7, 7.9, 8).

In other words, where it says "Water / (50 fl oz) / Range: 100% Water / to 20-50 fl oz/d," they mean you should drink between 20 and 50 fluid ounces of water a day. For unsweetened tea and coffee, it says "Range: 0-40 fl oz/d," they mean that you can drink between 0 and 40 fluid ounces a day. Ian.thomson (talk) 02:23, 1 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I guess the reason I ask is I'm not sure if they're saying or recommending 50, 28, 16, and 4 fluid ounces or they're saying or recommending ranges?

The pitcher shows a plan that should achieve the overall recommendations, formed by the bracketed amounts (e.g. "low-fat milk (16 fl oz/d)". The ranges in the "levels" are additional information giving recommendations for individual components of a person's total beverage intake, but staying within those ranges is not enough to guarantee an overall healthy plan. In particular, if one remains at the low end of the ranges for all components, the combined water intake will be only 20 fl. oz per day, which is far too low. But there is nothing wrong with drinking less tea or coffee than 28 fl. oz per day, or even none, if you compensate by drinking more water. --Lambiam 10:52, 1 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The general idea is that all beverages are essentially mostly water (excepting high-proof alcoholic spirits, which should NOT be consumed in such quantities anyways!), so in your total water intake of 50 ounces per day, you can consume less "pure water" if your water intake is compensated by drinking other beverages, such as tea or milk, so long as all of your water intake is not (for example) milk. For example, you could consume 36 ounces of plain water and 8 ounces of tea and 6 ounces of milk, and you would still be within the recommended intake ranges. You can get your 50 ounces of water by just drinking 50 ounces, according to that plan. The lower limit implies that, for all beverage intake, you should still be getting a minimum of 20 ounces of water as plain water. I will note that my explanation of this plan is not an endorsement of it. I am explaining to you what it means, not commenting on its efficacy. --Jayron 32 17:05, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Business Administration Question.

Explain the positive effects of innovation in Business Excellence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.14.90.128 (talk) 06:41, 1 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe if you ask nicely for help with your schoolwork, instead of wording it like an order. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 07:46, 1 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Explain in 1001 words or less why you cannot {{dyoh}}. It is a bad kind of question, though, one that can only be answered by copying the exposition provided by the text book or class notes. --Lambiam 10:34, 1 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Plagiarize! Let no one else's work evade your eyes! Don't shade your eyes! Plagiarize! ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 10:41, 1 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Remember why the good Lord made your eyes! But be sure always to call it please research. —Tamfang (talk) 01:25, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You might try looking up Innovation in an encyclopedia.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 10:41, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

And of course Business Excellence. —Tamfang (talk) 01:26, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Automobile identification

What kind of car are we looking at from 8:44 to 8:54 in this YouTube video? I'm referring to the sports car occupying the lower left of the image. Bus stop (talk) 22:35, 1 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The car has a decal strip along the side. It is VERY hard to read but looks as though it ends "...LEY GT". Perhaps GRADLEY GT or SRUDLEY GT. Are there any models with a name remotely like this? --- SGBailey (talk) 07:13, 2 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Probably a Bradley_Automotive#GT. -- SGBailey (talk)

Yes, that GT does look like it. A very distinctive scoop down in the middle of the car. The entire length of the car is almost like a wavy line. The front lights seem to be of the same configuration. Thanks, everyone. Bus stop (talk) 08:19, 2 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]