congestion at the boat-launching ramp near Mansfield Dam. On weekends‚ the arrival rate averages 5 boaters per hour‚ Poisson distributed. The average time to launch or retrieve a boat is 10 minutes‚ with negative exponential distribution. Assume that only one boat can be launched or retrieved at a time. a.) The LCRA plans to add another ramp when the average turnaround time exceeds 90 minutes. At what average arrival rate per hour should the LCRA begin to consider adding another ramp? b.) If there
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Chapter 9 Cost of Capital 1. What is the WACC? a. Weighted Average Cost of Capital- most firms employ different types of capital‚ and because of their differences in risk‚ the difference securities have different required rates of return. Typically=debt‚ preferred stock and common equity. 2. What precautions must we take when measuring the WACC to use for capital budgeting decisions (future investment)? b. The company’s current and recent past book and market value structures
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disconnect in the world today between the moderately literate‚ the most literate‚ and those that are just left behind. America’s educational system is deeply flawed and a perfect example is a very eye opening short story called “I Just Wanna Be Average” by Mike Rose(1989). Mike Rose explains his short stint in the Vocational track ‚ where kids go who can’t quite make it in America’s public schools.The only reason why Rose ended up going to this school because his test scores were mixed with another
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Josh Hanners 9100 St. Charles Rock Road St. Louis‚ MO 63114 (314) 493-6100 hannersj027@ritenourschools.org Extraordinary Man‚ Average Lifestyle by Josh Hanners I work with some of the biggest athletes in New York. You would think that would build my self confidence but you would be wrong. Every morning I wake up and wonder what my real purpose is here on earth. I love my job don’t get
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SAMPLE CHAPTER TEST Name: ______________________________ Date:_______________________________ Part A: Multiple Choice Choose the best response to each of the following questions: 1. Jean and her best friend‚ Verna‚ want to buy 3 DVDs that are regularly priced at $20.00 each. Today‚ three stores‚ A‚ B‚ and C‚ have the DVDs on sale. At which store will the friends spend the least amount of money if they buy 3 DVDs? DVD SALES | Store | Sale offer | A | Buy 1 and get 2 for
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future plans. Classes are made up of groups of friends that pressure each other to disrupt the other students. Doing so takes the students attention away from what the teacher is saying and their work. If the classes were divided by grade point averages‚ the students that didn’t care would not be in a class with students who do care. Therefore they could learn better and be more prepared. Schools in today’s society are made up of the students who spend their time studying and students that are
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won many awards for his work. In this selection called “I Just Wanna Be Average” taken from his book Lives on the Boundary‚ Rose offers his experience trudging through the standardized vocational education track. Through his own account‚ the author points out that society and even faculty within these schools label the students as “slow” leaving the students with an objective of wanting to become just average in order to make up for their presumed sense of inadequacy given by their
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A Log in the River: An Analysis of “I Just Wanna to Be Average” It’s a typical Monday morning. The alarm goes off and you roll over to get an extra five minutes of sleep. Eventually‚ your mom comes down and pulls you out of bed because you are going to be late for school. You drag yourself to class and the day passes you by. I agree with Mike Rose that having a strong mentor or dedicated teacher changes one’s outlook on education and success in class. The effect a strong mentor or dedicated
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How would you explain Aristotle’s main points in his Ethics to the average person: In Aristotles ethics he explains that we have to find out what makes something flourish or what makes something good at what it does. There are all sorts of examples that can be used but we will use a hammer as an example. What makes a hammer a good hammer‚ a hammer should not break when you use it to pound a nail into wood‚ it should not deform or bend when used‚ and if it is a good hammer you might get a life times
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Summary: In the story "I Just Want to be Average" by Mike Rose‚ Rose‚ talks about his his past schooling experience and how his experience at Mercy nearly ruined him as a student. He narrates his story of his peers in the vocational learning classes and how his teachers responded or failed to respond to their needs as students. The various situations Mike experienced all centered around one main thing and that was a lack of effort‚ by the students and teachers both. Response: This story is a really
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