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Personal Finance > Stock Market Price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) explained: 5 of 10
Price to earnings ratio (also called earnings multiple) is defined as the price of a stock per share divided by the earnings per share for the last 12 months (EPS). For example, if Acme Inc. has earnings of $20,000 and 16,000 shares, it has an EPS of 1.25. If this stock sells for $25.00 per share and the earnings per share i... More..
Sciences > Mathematics Understanding parallel lines: 4 of 8
A straight line is a segment extended infinitely in both directions. Two straight lines can be either parallel, skew, or intersect. Parallel lines do not intersect and are always spaced an equal distance apart. Skew lines also do not intersect, but they are not spaced an equal distance apart. Perpendicular lines intersect at... More..
Sports & Recreation > Sports & Recreation (Other) How to make a bet on a SAM: 2 of 4
Sam stands for screen activated machine. It is just like an automated teller machine (atm), but is used for betting purposes. First, the amount of money needed to bet is put in a slot in the machine. Or, a winning ticket can be inserted in the same slot. There will not be a charge for using Sam to cash the ticket; the full a... More..
Arts & Humanities > William Shakespeare Plot summary: Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare: 1 of 2
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford upon Avon, England in 1564. He died in 1616. He wrote 37 plays; one of the titles is Romeo And Juliet, a love story that takes place in the fictitious town Verona, Italy. The play has a prologue and five acts. The prologue explains that there are two families that are enemies, but on... More..
Arts & Humanities > Fantasy & Science Fiction Plot summary: Around The World in Eighty Days, by Jules Verne: 1 of 2
Phileas Fogg, the main character, meets his servant Passepartout in chapter 1. The year is 1872 in London, England. He is a distinguished member of the reform club, but he is unknown to the scientific and learned societies. He had become a member of the reform club by recommendation of the Barings. They recommended him becau... More..
Sciences > Mathematics Understanding plane geometry: 1 of 2
Plane geometry consists of straight lines, points, and curved lines in a plane. A plane is a two-dimensional object that is an infinite square composed of all the points within the square. A point has zero dimensions. One postulate of geometry states that two points determine a "straight line". A line is defined as a "straig... More..
Arts & Humanities > Horror, Mystery & Suspense Plot summary: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson: 1 of 1
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde was written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1886. Robert Louis Stevenson lived from 1850 to 1894. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. The title of the first chapter is Story of The Door. The first paragraph explains the personality of the lawyer Mr. Utterson. He has a mean face and is... More..
Arts & Humanities > Fantasy & Science Fiction Plot summary: Journey to the Center of the Earth, by Jules Verne: 1 of 1
Jules Verne wrote Journey to The Center of The Earth in 1864. He was born in Nantes, France on February 8, 1828 and died on March 24, 1905. He also wrote From The Earth to The Moon And round The Moon (1865), Twenty Thousand Leagues under The Sea (1870), and Around The World in Eighty Days (1873). All three were made into suc... More..
Arts & Humanities > Fantasy & Science Fiction Plot summary: The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells: 1 of 1
The book Time Machine: An Invention was written by H.G. Wells in 1898. It was an instant bestseller and one of the first books about traveling in time. Herbert George Wells was born in 1866 in Bromley, Kent County, England of a poor family. He died in 1946. It starts with the time traveler telling his friends he has invited ... More..
Hobbies & Games > Board Games An overview of the most famous chess championships: 1 of 1
The first World Chess Championship was not an official championship. Paul Morphy of the United States easily defeated Adolf Anderssen of Germany in a match in 1858 and was considered the World Champion by many leading clubs and players. Morphy, however, retired from chess one year later, but was considered World Champion by ... More..