Discuss the cause of the Tacoma bridge disaster‚ in terms of waves‚ vibrations‚ and resonance. Elaborate the effects with relevant equations and formulae. The Tacoma bridge collapse can be attributed to the waves caused by the buildup of energetic vibrations. These energetic vibrations were built up from the bridge “taking energy from the steadily blowing wind” (Crowell). Eventually enough of these energetic vibrations built up to cause resonance within the system‚ causing the wave-like motion
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Problem 1.7. Suppose that you write a put contract with a strike price of $40 and an expiration date in three months. The current stock price is $41 and the contract is on 100 shares. What have you committed yourself to? How much could you gain or lose? You have sold a put option. You have agreed to buy 100 shares for $40 per share if the party on the other side of the contract chooses to exercise the right to sell for this price. The option will be exercised only when the price of stock is below
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predicting the phenomena it was intended to explain. If a theory cannot be evaluated or tested by comparing its predictions to known facts and data‚ then we have no idea whether the theory is valid. If we cannot validate the theory‚ we cannot have any confidence in its predictions‚ and it is of little use. 2. Which of the following two statements involves positive economic analysis and which normative? How do the two kinds of analysis differ? a. Gasoline rationing (allocating to each individual
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ENGLISH HORNBILL Q&A THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY by Khushwant Singh Q.1: Mention: Three phases of the author’s relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad. Answer: The first phase of the author’s relationship with his grandmother is the author’s childhood when they lived together in the village. They enjoyed intimate relationship and were good friends. His parents left him with her and they went to live in the city. They were constantly together. She used to wake
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1 Describe the graphical coordinate system in Java. Where is the origin? What units apply to the x‚y coordinates? Java AWT Graphic component is different with respect to x and y coordinate that we have learnt in math. It defines its own coordinate system to specify where and how drawing operation will take place. Here the origin (0‚0) is at the top left corner of the component. Here X coordinate increases as we move right and Y coordinate increases as we move down. . The units for X and Y is in
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Chapter 13 Answers to Exercises 1. Identify three objects that might belong to each of the following classes: a. Automobile b. NovelAuthor c. CollegeCourse The students will have a variety of answers for these questions. Some examples might be: a. myRedChevroletCamaro‚ theBlackfordMustangWithTheDentThatBobDrives‚ thePorschee911ThatDonaldTrumpOwns b. Terry Brooks‚ Steven King‚ Ray Bradbury c. English Composition‚ Calculus‚ Physics 2. Identify three different classes that might contain
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Smbd – Assignment 4 Submitted to Prof. Ishwar Murthy 1 Introduction Mr. Debashish Chatterjee‚ owner of hotel Aria‚ is working on room booking policy to maximize the revenues. And specifically‚ he is working on the weekend operations in which the number of bookings are maximum. There are two types of bookings‚ Class I – One day bookings which start from SAT noon to SUN noon or SUN noon to MON noon and Class II – Two day bookings which start from SAT noon to SUN noon. The tariff of Class I booking
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Appendix I C1: Equity = Stock Price x Number of Shares Outstanding = $42.09 X 271.5 = $11‚427.435 million C2: Using Adjusted Beta formula: Adjusted Beta = 0.67* historical Beta + 0.33 = 0.67* 0.69 +0.33=0.79 C3: Using CAPM formula: KE = Krf + ß (Km-Krf) = 3.59%+0.79*6.7%=8.89% C4: Using rearranged DGM formula: KE =D1/P0 +g= 0.48(1+5.5%)/42.09 +5.5%=6.7% C5: Using redeemable bond formula: KD: 95.6= 100/ (1+KD/2)40 + 3.375(1-0.38)/(1+KD/2)n KD=4.52% C6: Using WACC formula: Rwacc =4.52*10.19% + 8
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Hieu Nguyen – FIN 5309 Section 1 Assignment 1 2.3 Table 2.2 X=0 X=1 Total Y=0 0.15 0.07 0.22 Y=1 0.15 0.63 0.78 Total 0.30 0.70 1.00 With W = 3+6X and V = 20-7Y‚ we have: (W|X=0)=3 (W|X=1)=9 Total (V|Y=0)=20 0.15 0.07 0.22 (V|Y=1)=13 0.15 0.63 0.78 Total 0.30 0.70 1.00 a. E(W) = 3 x 0.3 + 9 x 0.7 = 7.2 E(V) = 20 x 0.22 + 13 x 0.78 = 14.54 b. = (3 – 7.2)2 x 0.3 + (9 - 7.2)2 x 0.7 = 7.56 = (20 – 14.54)2 x 0.22 + (13 – 14.54)2 x 0.78 = 8.4084 c. cov
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Q.1a) The following graph is EOQ model with planned shortages. Let the parameters from the basic EOQ model. d = constant demand rate K = setup cost for placing one order Q = order quantity h = inventory holding cost per unit of product per unit of time p = shortage cost per unit of product per unit of time S = inventory level just after an order of size Q arrives So‚ Q– S = Shortage in inventory just before an order of Q units is added Production or ordering cost per
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