What is the difference between being efficient and being effective?

What will be an ideal response?


Efficient: producing a result with a minimum amount of effort, expense, or waste.
Effective: producing a desired result efficiently.
Effective companies produce what their customers want when they want it with a minimum amount of effort, expense, and waste.

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None of the above.

Consider the figure that provides the molar Gibbs free energy of mixing as a function of composition for a binary mixture.
If the overall composition of the mixture is 20% of component 1, is the mixture stable? If not, what are estimates of the compositions of the liquid phases that are in equilibrium?

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After isolating the high-voltage system, what is the minimum time you should wait before beginning to work on or around the hybrid system?

A. 1 hour B. 30 minutes C. 15 minutes D. 5 minutes

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On June 17, 1789, the delegates of the third estate renamed themselves which of the following?

a. Legislative Assembly b. National Assembly c. National Convention d. National Legislature

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Geothermal heat pumps get most of their heat from:

A) The ground. B) The surrounding air. C) A separate gas-fired boiler. D) The electricity used to operate the compressor.

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