Problem 1 Annual family dental expenses for the families of a random sample of ten employees of a company are given below. You can assume the family dental expenses for the employees of the company are normally distributed. $450‚ $390‚ $550‚ $140‚ $690‚ $600‚ $250‚ $330‚ $490‚ $810 a) Compute the mean and standard deviation of the
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1. How was Dell’s working capital policy a competitive advantage? They hold less finished goods than other competitors‚ and are holding their inventory for less days which implies that their cash collection processes are efficient. Dell’s business model is based on the fact that they are holding a smaller percentage of finished goods. In fact‚ most of their goods in the beginning of the company were only partially finished goods. "By the mid-1990s Dell’s work-in-process (WIP) and finished goods
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Life Cycle Management Analysis for Apple’s iPod MKT / 230 September 6‚ 2009 Life Cycle Management – Page 2 The Apple iPod allows consumers to download music‚ videos‚ and various other entertainment items. The iPod can be seen everywhere from the gym to the local coffee shops. Even automakers have started to install iPod outlets in newer vehicles to draw a new kind of consumers to their autos. This report will provide some insight into Apple’s product objectives‚ marketing strategies
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INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING: examples of exam questions based on Kotler‚ Keller‚ Bradly‚ Goodman‚ Hansen: Marketing Management‚ 2009. Harlow: Pearson. The answers need to be essay type. 1) Define what is marketing and describe what can be marketed (Kotler et al. 2009‚ 6 – 11). 2) Describe the marketing concepts/ philosophies and how do they differ from each other. (Kotler et al. 2009‚ 25) 3) What is involved in a marketing plan? Describe the main parts. (Kotler et al. 109 – 113). 4) Describe Ansoff’s
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distributor.The owner has accumulated the following data on demand for unleaded gasoline from sales during the past 10 months: Month Gasoline Demanded (gal.) October 800 November 725 December 630 January 500 February 645 March 690 April 730 May 810 June 1‚200 July 980 a. Compute an exponentially smoothed forecast‚ using an α value of 0.30. b. Compute the MAPD. 9. Emily Andrews has invested in a science and technology mutual fund. Now she is considering
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Background H2O‚ or more commonly know as water‚ is one of the most common materials on Earth. We interact with it every day: it the air around us‚ in puddles on the ground‚ and even within ourselves. We also know that H2O is commonly found in all three of the different forms of matter: ice as the solid‚ water as the liquid‚ and steam as the gas. We know that we can quickly change between the different forms of H2O by either increasing or decreasing temperature. We have worked with hot plates and
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The troposphere is where airlines and airplanes fly‚ and is where air resistance builds up as the air molecules multiply‚ at an atmospheric pressure of around 25-40 HPA. The speed of sound is calculated as Mach 1. (690 mh-1)‚ and Felix reached a speed of 843.60 mh-1‚ which is approximately Mach 1.25‚ which means he broke the speed of sound at around 40 seconds of the fall. After this breaking the speed of sound‚ he experienced unbalanced forces entering the troposphere
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80 0.0 time (min) 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 charring rate (m m /m in) A Probabilistic Approach to Wood Charring Rate Jukka Hietaniemi VTT Building and Transport ISBN 951–38–6583–5 (URL: http://www.vtt.fi/inf/pdf/) ISSN 1459–7683 (URL: http://www.vtt.fi/inf/pdf/) Copyright © VTT 2005 JULKAISIJA – UTGIVARE – PUBLISHER VTT‚ Vuorimiehentie 5‚ PL 2000‚ 02044 VTT puh. vaihde 020 722 111‚ faksi 020 722 4374 VTT‚ Bergsmansvägen 5‚ PB 2000‚ 02044 VTT tel. växel 020 722 111‚ fax 020
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Green Technology Brandon Dye INF 103: Computer Literacy Instructor Ray Schafer September 17‚ 2013 Final Paper Skipping the complicated scientific definitions‚ green technology is simply any technology that is more efficient and environmentally friendly. Green technology is intended to mitigate or reverse the effects of human activity on the environment. Also the use of green technology and renewable energy is an integral part of the government ’s agenda today and in
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CHAPTER 15 – RONALD REAGAN AND THE 1980s #1 Name ________________________________ Ronald Reagan & America in the 1980s I. America by 1980 A. By 1980‚ Americans were ready for new leadership 1. The disaster in Vietnam‚ hostage crisis in Iran‚ & new tensions with the USSR left many people feeling like the U.S. was losing its power in the world 2. Stagflation was growing worse & unemployment remained high 3. Johnson & Nixon made many people lose trust in gov’t‚ while Ford & Carter provided poor
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