Week 4 Homework Solutions: Problem Set 4 1. Determining Profit or Loss from an Investment. Three years ago‚ you purchased 150 shares of IBM stock for $88 a share. Today‚ you sold your IBM stock for $103 a share. For this problem‚ ignore commissions that would be charged to buy and sell your IBM shares. a. What is the amount of profit you earned on each share of IBM stock? The profit on each share of IBM stock was $15. $103 priced when each share was sold‚ $88 priced when each
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Chapter 4 Individual and Market Demand Teaching Notes Chapter 4 builds on the consumer choice model presented in Chapter 3. Students find this material very abstract and “unrealistic‚” so it is important to convince them that there are good reasons for studying how consumers make purchasing decisions in some detail. Most importantly‚ we gain a deeper understanding of what lies behind demand curves and why‚ for example‚ demand curves almost always slope downward. The utility maximizing
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Practical 4 Title: To study the magnification of a real image by a convex lens. Objective: To determine the focal length of a convex lens. Apparatus and Materials: 1. Light box 2. Convex lens 3. Plasticine 4. Meter rule 5. Screen 6. Short transparent ruler Setup: 1. Set up the apparatus as shown in Figure 4-1. Figure 4-1 Theory: From the lens equation: Where: p = object distance q = image distance Linear magnification‚ Procedure: 1. The apparatus
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Week 4 Discussion Questions • What are main elements in calculating the cost of capital? How does an increase in debt affect it? How do you identify an organization’s optimal cost of capital? • The main elements in calculating the cost of capital are cost of debt‚ cost of equity‚ preferred stock and common stock. • An increase in debt indicates a higher risk which can increase the required rate of return which raises the cost of capital. Higher debt can also accrue additional costs. • By mixing
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Erik Moutenot Dr. Pelham MKT 370-01 12/15/14 Case 4: Lafarge – Aget Heracles 1. Argue the potential influence of competitive forces upon the cement industry. The cement buyers influence competition by merging up and piling pressure on the suppliers‚ which in turn makes the suppliers to reduce prices in order to maintain or increase the market share. The decrease in prices in turn affects the company’s profit margin. Equally‚ with some of the customers‚ like governments and hospitals‚ in need
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house in order. Step 2 is for the borrower to select the parties that are to be involved with the issuance of the bond. Step 3‚ is for the borrower to get their credit rating‚ by a credit rating agency. Step 4‚ is for the credit rating agency to rate the bond to determine amount to be issued. Step 5‚ is for the borrower to enter into a loan agreement with the bond issuer. Step 6‚ bond are sold and the proceeds are given to the borrower. 2. An alternative to traditional equity and debt financing is leasing
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Question 1 0 out of 4 points A short-run production function assumes that Selected Answer: the level of output is fixed. Correct Answer: at least one input is a fixed input. Question 2 4 out of 4 points Refer to the following table: Amount of total output produced from various combinations of labor and capital. Units of Capital 1 2 3 Units of Labor 1 2 3 4 5 6 80 180 270 340 390 410 100 220 330 420 490 530 120 260 390 500 590 650 If capital is fixed
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GRADE 5 --- 2013-2014 AGE OF MACHINES I) Complete the following sentences: i) The age in which we live can be called the ______________________ ii) The first metal to be discovered was____________________ iii) Bronze is made by mixing ___________________________________ iv) Iron tools were used to cut down trees and__________________________ v) Iron weapons also made it easier to________________________________ vi) Humans learnt to use the force of wind and made _________________
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Chapter 5 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. The success of the rose industry in Ecuador is a good example of the economic benefits of what? A. Free trade B. Restrictive government regulations C. New tax rules D. Technological advancements E. Firm rivalry 2. Propagated in the 16th and 17th centuries‚ __________ advocated that countries should simultaneously encourage exports and discourage imports. A. ethnocentrism B. capitalism C. collectivism
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MAT 2204 Tutorial 4 1. In how many ways can a committee of one president‚ one vice president‚ a secretary and a treasurer be chosen from five men and seven women? 2. A committee of four is chosen from five teachers and three mathematicians. In how many ways can this be done so that the committee contains (i) at least one teacher? (ii) at least one teacher and one mathematician? 3. Five children are to be seated on a bench. Find ( i ) how many ways the children can be
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