University of Toronto ECO333–Urban Economics Problem Set 2 Due: 24 October 2014 1. Question 2.1 from Brueckner (p. 250) (book available at http://go.utlib.ca/cat/8842730). 2. (a) Suppose the city fathers in a small Midwestern town‚ which was started over 100 years ago as a county seat‚ originally zoned all residential lot sizes in the town to be the same size. All work takes place either at the county seat building on the square in the middle of town or at shops adjacent to the square. Everyone drives
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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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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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Problem Set 2 Name: __________________________________________ Problem Set 2 is to be completed by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week 4. 1. The following table presents data for wages in the market for internet security professionals. (HINT: in the labor market the roles are reversed. Those who want to hire labor are the demanders. The workers enter the work force providing labor to the market place so they are the suppliers.) Wage Quantity Demanded Quantity Supplied $50‚000 20‚000 14
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point E (and x =30). b) The budget constraint shifts to x = 120. The new optimal choice is point C (and x = 35). c) ΔY∙py = (30-22‚5)∙10 = €75 d) The total effect: Point E C e) Income effect: F C Substitution effect: E F f) Income effect < 0‚ so X is an inferior good. 5a) U(x‚y) = x1x2 Normalize the parameters so that α + β = 1 U(x‚y) = xɗy1-ɗ‚ where ɗ = α/(α+β) and 1-ɗ = β/(α+β). The new utility function is U(x‚y) = x11/2x21/2 L (x1‚x2‚λ) = x11/2x21/2 + λ (I – px1x1 – px2x2)
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2b 2b or not 2b David Crystal Last year‚ in a newspaper article headed "I h8 txt msgs: How texting is wrecking our language"‚ John Humphrys argued that texters are "vandals who are doing to our language what Genghis Khan did to his neighbours 800 years ago. They are destroying it: pillaging our punctuation; savaging our sentences; raping our vocabulary. And they must be stopped." As a new variety of language‚ texting has been condemned as "textese"‚ "slanguage"‚ a "digital virus". According
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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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In chapter fifteen ’’2b or Not 2b?’’ of ’’They Say / I Say’’‚ David Crystal provides arguments in favour of text messaging. Crystal tries to prove his point that text messaging is not destroying the English language with great research‚ a lot of examples and a clear organization. As the author himself puts it‚ ’’Texting has added a new dimension to language use‚ but it’s long-term impact is negligible. It’s not a disaster. ’’. Although some people believe text messaging is pillaging our punctuation
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GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY Problem Set No. 1 Answered by: Andrea Rose A. Fajardo of BSFT 2-1N 1. Calculate the pH of a dilute solution that contains a molar ratio of potassium acetate to acetic acid (pKa=4.76) of: a. 2:1 pH = 4.76 + log[2]/[1] = 4.76 + 0.3010 = 5.06 b. 1:4 pH = 4.76 + log[1]/[4] = 4.76 + (-0.6021) = 4.16 c. 6:5 pH = 4.76 + log[6]/[5] = 4.76 + 0.0792
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College life can be rough if you aren’t prepared for it. There are a few things every college student should know to make the two to 4 year journey a little easier for them. Take control of your life. Get to class on time and every time. Study‚ study‚ and let me say it again‚ study. This is just a few things you can do to start you down a path of success. Let’s start off with taking control of your life. For most students‚ the largest difference between college and high school is at college there
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