BTEC Applied Science Unit 1: Efficiency Worksheet Name____________ efficiency = ( 100 %) 1 What is the efficiency of a motor that turns 100 J of electrical energy into 70 J of useful kinetic energy? Give your answer as a decimal. 2 An electric winch is used to lift a load of mass 2 kg a height of 1.5 m. It uses 50 J of energy when it does this. i) Calculate the amount of potential energy gained by the load using the formula: Ep = mgh where Ep is the potential energy
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Accrual-based approach – revenues are recorded at the point of sale and costs when they are incurred‚ not necessarily when a firm receives or pays out cash Cash flow approach – used by financial professionals to focus attention on current and prospective inflows and outflows of cash 1. Balance sheet a. Assets Cash and Cash Equivalents Marketable securities Accounts receivable Inventories Net property‚ plant and equipment Intangible assets b. Liabilities Accounts
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Cambridge for exams officers Cambridge Final Exam Timetable June 2015 (Administrative zone 4) Cambridge IGCSE® ‚ Cambridge O Level‚ Cambridge International AS & A Level and Cambridge Pre-U GPR (International version) Interactive ® IGCSE is the registered trademark of Cambridge International Examinations. Open Contents Instructions.............................................................................................................................. 03 Syllabus view
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Efficiency vs effectiveness Source: http://www.digital-knowledge.nl/dikn/en/to-develop/to-change/efficiency-versus-effectiveness.html Change is often difficult; sometimes it’s not. Sometimes it’s just a matter of looking at things differently. In our society efficiency is seen as very important‚ but should we really make efficiency that important? Perhaps by using slightly different‚ but very similar measures‚ the nett result is really different! The terms effectiveness and efficiency are related
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have a success economic development. And the well organized financial system also affects the market efficiency. Eugene Fama (1960) classifieds the market efficiency into three categories: 1> Weak Form of efficiency: if current stock prices reflect all the information that from market transaction data‚ this capital market will be regard as weak efficiency. 2> Semi Strong Form of efficiency: if the current stock prices not only reflect the all the information include historical prices but
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Accounting and Finance: Managerial Use February 19‚ 2011 Class Project: Ratio Analysis The gross profit percentage is one of several key measurements a company uses in evaluating its financial performance. It helps a company to see what percentage of its earning after costs (for products and/or services) is profit. A higher gross profit percentage is generally preferred as it provides the company with financial resources to pay for research‚ product development‚ and other costs
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Introduction The concept of market efficiency has been a hotly debated issue in finance due to its wide ranging implications on the finance industry. The efficient market hypothesis states that market prices fully reflect the information that is publically available hence implies that there are no possibilities to attain abnormal profits (Fama 1970). Under the assumptions of an efficient market‚ new information should quickly and accurately be incorporated into the market price leaving no room
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Ratio Analysis Memo Profitability: Asset turnover and Profit Margin What do the profitability ratios reveal about the financial position of the company? Which users may be interested in each type of ratio? What does the collected data reveal about the performance and position of the company? The profitability ratios measure a company’s operating success for a specific period of time. Most investors and bankers are going to be interested in the profitability of a company. The data for asset
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Liquidity ratio’s Introduction: The aim of this report is to conduct an analysis of the financial statements of J. Sainsbury plc and Tesco plc for the year ending 2013‚ comparing both companies by looking at the ratios calculated and looking at the importance of supplementing financial analysis with non-financial considerations. Tesco is Britain’s leading food retailer and the third largest in the world. Tesco opened in 1929. After joining the eighties trend for
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY For more than 20 years‚ Apple has been working on ways to minimize the impact to environment. As Apple reports‚ the products are manufactured‚ used‚ and recycled represents the largest percentage of Apple`s total greenhouse gas emissions. That is the reason why Apple has been designed and measured the performance in Product Environmental performance. Apple has developed its first environmental policy back in 1990‚ and put its mainly focus on energy efficient‚ reducing total use
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