In target practice, a thick board stops a bullet at a penetration depth of {d} cm.  Find the average frictional force that stops the bullet.  Hint, you can use two approaches,  Newton’s Second Law or Law of Energy Conservation to solve this problem.  Express your answer in kN and enter your unit as “kN”.

There is a greater prevalence of periodontitis in males, Mexican-American individuals, adults below the 100% federal poverty level, current smokers, and patients with diabetes.

Which federal agency will most likely to provide funding for a Community Health Center (CHC) in remote Alaska?  

There has been a dramatic decrease in Oral and Pharyngeal Cancers (OPC) in recent decades linked to human papillomavirus (HPV).

The magnitude of dental caries has ______________ since the 1960’s but disparities still exist.  

What is the source of the young man’s anger at the Medicine Man? 

Bonus: In case you miss an answer, take a moment to think about the issue of hunger in this story. Is there a way to see hunger as symbolic as well as actual or physical? Is it ironic that the tribe is starving and there are twenty cattle near by? Where are the buffalo? (Just something I think about everytime I read this.)  Discuss in a brief paragraph or at least several complete sentences and I will give some points!! 

What is the central conflict in the story?

What is the overall tone of “The Soft-Hearted Sioux”? 

What is the significance of the narrator’s “soft heart”?