Biology 180 Problem Set 2 1. A population of marine gastropods has shell lengths that are normally distributed with a mean μ = 8 mm and variance σ2 = 2.15 mm2. a. what proportion of the population will have shell lengths between 6.5 mm and 8.5 mm? (3 points) b. what is the probability of finding a gastropod that has a shell length of exactly 7.5 mm? (1 point) c. if there are 1‚000 gastropods in an area‚ how many will have shell lengths greater than 5 mm? (3 points) 2. Childhood lead poisoning
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Two Problems with Writing an Essay English is the most popular language around the world‚ so a lot people want to study writing and speaking English. I am not an exception; I really want to improve my English‚ so I can communicate with anyone‚ anywhere. Writing is a hard technique to study and improve. Like many people‚ I always have some problems with writing an essay: grammar and thesis statement. Grammar is the first problem I have while writing an essay. English is my second language‚ so I
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Exercises and Problems –W2 E9-1 The following expenditures relating to plant assets were made by Spaulding Company during the first 2 months of 2011. 1. Paid $5‚000 of accrued taxes at time plant site was acquired. 2. Paid $200 insurance to cover possible accident loss on new factory machinery while the machinery was in transit. 3. Paid $850 sales taxes on new delivery truck. 4. Paid $17‚500 for parking lots and driveways on new plant site. 5. Paid $250 to have company name and advertising slogan
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Case 2 Re-examining a Proposal After working 10 years as the only minority manager in a large printing company‚ David Jones decided he wanted to set out on his own. Because of his experience and prior connections‚ David was confident he could survive in the printing business‚ but he wondered whether he should buy an existing business or start a new one. As part of his planning‚ David contacted a professional Employer organization (PEO)‚ which had a sterling reputation‚ to obtain an estimate for human
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Financial Reporting (Problem Part 2) Mark R. Mitchell XACC/290 August 31‚ 2014 Jeanette Butler Financial Reporting (Problem Part 2) While doing my analysis of the financial statement for the company Veritiv‚ I find that the company assets are listed in the proper order; that being the most readily converted to cash first. The order for Veritiv balance sheet is cash and equivalents‚ followed by receivables‚ then inventories‚ and other current assets. The next item listed is other current
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Case 2 E-Government Increasing Productivity and Efficiency with Could and Mobile Technologies Question 1. Why are government agencies increasingly interested in using cloud and mobile technologies to accomplish their missions? Government agencies have found they could deliver the information and service by IT solutions. When using the IT in a more efficient and coordinated way‚ government agencies could accomplish more on tighter budgets. Using cloud computing‚ the federal government not only reduced
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FIN532M: Financial Derivatives Problem Set 2 DUE DATE: Feb. 12‚ 2015 1. How can you differentiate the forward price from the value of a forward contract? (2 points) 2. Explain why an FRA can be viewed as an exchange of a floating rate of interest for a fixed rate of interest payments and how you can use FRA in mitigating risks. (4 points) 3. The standard deviation of monthly changes in the spot price of live cattle is 1.2 cents per pound. The standard deviation of monthly changes in the futures
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has to become more and more important because everyone needs to understand how his/her team connects to the big picture of what we’re trying to accomplish. And that how this value influence a lot on the employees work. 2) Using this list of corporate values and Exhibit 2-4 describe Zappos’ organizational culture. In which areas would you say that zappos’ culture is very high (or typical)?
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Assignment 2: Capital Investment Decisions Heather Plum Professor Jacquelyn Mosely ACC 599 – Graduate Accounting Capstone April 27‚ 2012 Strayer University Introduction Dodd-Frank act‚ named after its founder‚ the Democratic senators Chris Dodd and Barney Frank‚ designed to form a new Financial Stability Oversight Council‚ or better call it an authority on non performing banks and financial institutions‚ enforces very stringent capital‚ leverage and liquidity
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Case 10.4 — Investing for Retirement Executive Summary Retirement plans represent a unique opportunity to divert a portion of income into tax-deferred accounts. This report looks at hypothetical sample data from 194 couples with the aim of gaining a deeper understanding of what characteristics affect this group’s tendency to invest or not invest in retirement plans. First‚ basic tests were performed on provided data to examine if the given characteristics were related to the amount invested
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