bounced for each level and record the data and the average values. Make a new graph of the average height bounced for each level that the ball was dropped . Draw a straight line best fit that includes the origin by considering the general trend of the data points measurement data. Draw that straight line as close as possible to as many data points as you can so that you have about the number of data points on both sides of the straight line. Compare how well both graph predicts the heights that the
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VALUE LINE PUBLISHING‚ OCTOBER 2002 Teaching Note This case follows the performance-review and financial-statement-forecasting decisions of a Value Line analyst for the retail-building-supply industry in October 2002. The case contrasts the strong operating performance of Home Depot with the strong stock-market performance of Lowe’s. Students examine a financial-ratio analysis for Home Depot that acts as a template to generate a comparable ratio analysis for Lowe’s. The students’ ratio
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Value Line‚ in its current form‚ was incorporated in 1982 and is the successor to substantially all of the operations of Arnold Bernhard & Co.‚ Inc. In June 2005‚ AB & Co. owned approximately 86.5% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock. The Company produces investment related periodical publications through its wholly owned subsidiary‚ Value Line Publishing LLC ("VLP") . VLP publishes in both print and electronic formats The Value Line Investment Survey®‚ one of the nation’s major
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project them without adversely affecting our chances of being admitted. All of us fail regularly to equal our dreams of perfection and to perform as well as we feel we can. The big issue is not that we have weaknesses or we have failed; it’s part of life. The point to make through the essays is that you have a system to manage these imperfections in a way that they do not dictate you. It’s about showing setbacks and weaknesses as robust stepping stones that lead you to growth and maturity. WEAKNESSES
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Value Line Publishing Problems: The case highlights the performance review and financial-statement forecasting decisions of a Value Line analyst for retail building-supply industry in Oct 2002. The industry is dominated by two firms: Home Depot‚ with strong operating performance and Lowe’s‚ with strong stock-market performance. The industry is highly consolidated with two major players‚ high barriers to entry and with the independent hardware stores struggling to remain competitive. This is also
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TODAY: • Chapter 12 (CF Estimation) • Web Appendix 12B (Replacement) • Web Appendix 12F (Unequal Lives) PROBLEM 3 (Chapter 12) Kennedy Air Services is now in the final year of a project. The equipment originally cost $20 million‚ of which 80 percent has been depreciated. Kennedy can sell the used equipment today for $5 million‚ and its tax rate is 40 percent. What is the equipment’s after tax net salvage value. Book Value (BV) = (1 – 0.8) x $20 = $4 million Market Value (MV) = $5 million
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In Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward‚ the audience is introduced to the struggles of an African American family in Mississippi trying to get everything together before the terrible storm‚ Hurricane Katrina crashes onto the coast and wipes everything out. This heartfelt novel introduces to the audience the theme of parenthood/motherhood‚ the role that the absence of a mother/father had on the children‚ the role of basketball and the affect it had on the family‚ the role of dog fighting and how it related
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Presence and Influence of Mama in the Novel Salvage the Bones The novel Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward tell us a story about a 15-year-old African American girl named Esch. She lives with her father and 3 brothers in small bayou town called Bois Sauvage in Mississippi. Unfortunately‚ Esch is living an unhappy and poor family. Her father has problems with alcohol‚ and her mother died after her last pregnancy when Esch was only 8 years old. Even though Esch’s mother is dead‚ her presence is obvious
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Value Line Publishing‚ October 2002 In Case Number 12‚ "Value Line Publishing‚ October 2002‚" Carrie Galeotafiore presents a five-year financial forecast that shows Home Depot in an positive light. It also prepares to do the same with an analysis of Lowe’s. She supports the changes proposed by the new Home Depot CEO and that would play a role in improving Home Depot’s financial health in the home center and building industry. Galeotafiore supports her by mentioning a number of sources that
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Value Line Publishing There are two leaders for retail building-supply industry: Home Depot and Lowe’s‚ the two companies captured more than third of the total sale of the industry. Home Depot hold 22.9% market shares of the industry and Lowe’s hold 10.8% market share. Two companies are head to head competitor but focus on different market‚ Home Depot focused on large metropolitan areas and Lowe’s focused on rural area. Two companies both maintained online stores. Lowe’s has its own Web site: “Accent
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