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WORDS TO UNDERSTAND

engineering: the use of science and engineering principles to design, build, test, troubleshoot, and repair products, systems, structures, and infrastructure (e.g., highways, dams) fleet management: the monitoring of trucks and other commercial vehicles in order to increase productivity and help a business or other organization operate smoothly; areas of focus include maintenance and performance investor: a person or organization that offers to contribute money toward a new or existing company, project, or other entity to help it get started or stay in business; this money is often given in exchange for an ownership stake in the entity nonprofit: a group that uses any profits it generates to advance its stated goals (e.g., protecting the environment, helping the homeless); it is not a corporation or other for-profit business; also known as a nonprofit organization statistician: a mathematics professional who collects and analyzes data and applies computational techniques to solve problems

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