UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Joseph L. Rotman School of Management RSM332 PROBLEM SET #2 SOLUTIONS 1. (a) Expected returns are: E[RA ] = 0.3 × 0.07 + 0.4 × 0.06 + 0.3 × (−0.08) = 0.021 = 2.1%‚ E[RB ] = 0.3 × 0.14 + 0.4 × (−0.04) + 0.3 × 0.08 = 0.05 = 5%. Variances are: 2 σA = 0.3 × (0.07)2 + 0.4 × (0.06)2 + 0.3 × (0.08)2 − (0.021)2 = 0.004389‚ 2 σB = 0.3 × (0.14)2 + 0.4 × (0.04)2 + 0.3 × (0.08)2 − (0.05)2 = 0.00594. Standard deviations are: √ 0.004389 = 6.625%‚ σA = √ 0.00594 =
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Transportation Problem and Solution in Case of Bangladesh An adequate and efficient transport system is a pre-requisite for both initiating and sustaining economic development. Investment in improving transport efficiency is the key to expansion and integration of markets - sub-national‚ national and international. It also helps the generation of economies of scale‚ increased competition‚ reduced cost‚ systematic urbanization‚ export-led faster growth and a larger share of international
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Reactors Hey! have you ever thought about the demand for turning to nuclear energy?and how it can expose all people into danger?. If they we’re to plan building one in your home town what position would you take?. Even though nuclear power is a common trend that has shown a high success rate. We should not build a nuclear power plant in the Bronx because it is too expensive to build‚ it’s not safe and there’s problems that come along with radioactive waste. Over time nuclear power reactors have
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Describe and explain the factors that influence how much a work a river can do (25) The work that a river does is erosion‚ transportation and deposition. The amount of work a river can do is dependent on the energy it has and this energy is determined by many factors. The study of water flow in a river channel is known as hydraulics. Hydraulic geometry is the study of the relationships that exist within river channels that ultimately determine how much work the river will be able to carry
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ending. Adults that cannot cope with the transition usually suffer with midlife crisis. “First identified by Elliot Jacques in 1965‚ the term "midlife crisis" became popular after it began to be used by Freudian psychologists”(Diller). Adults can experience midlife crisis when they noticed that about half their life has gone by. There are also events and mild stones during midlife that can trigger a midlife crisis. For this to happen midlife adults can experience menopause‚ andropause and other
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BUSINESS FOR SECURITY Basically‚ online transaction security‚ email security‚ network security are major considerations. Online Transaction Security There are a lot of online shopping and online casinos operations running worldwide. The most serious problem for these operations is to protect their transaction data‚ such as client¡¦s personal
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2) Offer three solutions to Chet’s problem and explain how each will fix the central problem The first solution to Chet’s problem could be to delegate some of his routine work to the office manager‚ Marilyn. For example‚ Craig does a plant walk through twice a day to make sure that there are no deviations in the plan. This is a lot of energy that Craig is inputting that could be used towards his creative thinking. Daily routines such as plant walkthroughs can be delegated‚ so that Craig will only
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Significance of the October Crisis From the overthrowing of the Russian Tsar to the exile of the Nationalists‚ the world has been in a state where radical movements have been the main focus of citizens‚ even in democratic societies. The October Crisis was one of these extraordinary events that had occurred. It was a period of international and national revolutionary movements that used violent acts against constitutional measures. The 1970 October Crisis was a pivotal moment that had an undeniable
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Have you ever felt that some provinces cause major problems to Canada. Well I can tell you that Quebec definitely is. First Quebec is taking a lot of money from the Canadian Government. Secondly people who live in Quebec think that their French culture is being assimilated. Quebec is causing problems that will take time to fix money to fix. Quebec is using far more than what they are earning and we need to deal with it. On the Department of Finance Canada page is says that in 2015-2016 all provinces
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years)=Inventory/Flow rate 0.666667 Inventory Turns 1.5 Part B Per-Unit Inventory Cost Percentage 16.66667 Per-Unit Inventory Cost (in $) 166.6667 Applying Little’s Law to Financials allows us to see how efficient organization is. In this particular problem we’re concerned with the process so that the average inflow ( going into the process ) and the average outflow (coming out of the process). How long does it take for a dollar to get through the entire process how many dollars are sitting in inventory
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