Consider the following regular expression:
a ( a | ba )* b*
Convert the regular expression to an NFA using the NFA equivalents (concatenation, alternation, Kleene closure) of the regular expression operations. Show the steps in details.

Aconstruction company is creating a powerpoint presentation describing how they calculate costs during each construction step. they plan to email this presentation to clients. the individual clients will be watching the presentation slide show on their own personal computers. what is the most important formatting step the company should take to make the text readable and pleasing to the eye?

The salespeople at hyperactive media sales all use laptop computers so they can take data with them on the road. you are a salesperson for superduper lightspeed computers talking to hyperactive media sales about upgrading the laptops to windows 10. explain how network location awareness in windows 10 would make the laptops more secure.

Why were most movies from the late 1890s until the early 1930s only filmed in black and white? there were only a few people who could afford the technology to produce color motion pictures back then. audiences did not want color motion pictures until later. the film used to make color motion pictures often overheated, which was a safety hazard, so it was generally not allowed. color films had to be hand-colored, frame by frame.