Text Problem Sets A1. (Bond valuation) A $1‚000 face value bond has a remaining maturity of 10 years and a required return of 9%. The bond’s coupon rate is 7.4%. What is the fair value of this bond? Number of years (N) = 10‚ future value (FV) = 1000‚ interest rate (I/YR) = 9 0.074 * 1000 = 74 = PMT or annual payment‚ I then pressed CPT on my financial calculator to compute the price of the bond and then pressed PV or present value. The fair value of the bond is $897.32. Using Cash Flow of
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Problem Set 4 1. What determines whether a financial asset is included in the M1 money supply? Why are interest-earning checkable deposits included in M1‚ whereas interest-earning savings accounts and Treasury bills are not? a. Any financial asset that can be easily changed into physical money is included in the M1 money supply. b. Because checkable deposits are easily changed into physical money‚ they are included in M1; however‚ savings accounts and Treasury bills cannot be‚ due to the fact that
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MCB 150 Lab PROBLEM SET 1 1. The data below were obtained after performance of Ex. 2 as stated in your MCB 150 lab manual. a. Estimate the number of total bacteria‚ actinomycetes‚ fungi and algae per gram (dry weight) of soil collected from the IBS garden pH: 6.0 ODW: 8.6 grams Colony Counts: PDA 10-1: 210‚ 190 AMA 10-4: 125‚ 119 SCA 10-4: 80‚ 62 10-2: 20‚ 34 10-5: 17‚ 29 10-5: 18‚ 2 Algal Medium (no. of + tubes/ no. of inoculated tubes): 10-1: 5/ 5 10-2: 5/ 5 10-3: 3/ 5 10-4:
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1Problem Set 5 Complete all questions listed below. Clearly label your answers. 1. What impact will an unanticipated increase in the money supply have on the real interest rate‚ real output‚ and employment in the short run? How will expansionary monetary policy affect these factors in the long run? Explain. “In the short run‚ shifts in monetary policy exert an impact on real output and employment. A shift to a more restrictive policy will tend to reduce real output and employment‚ while
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This paperwork ACC 455 Week 5 Team Assignment Problem Set includes overview of these exercises: C: 9-35 Allocation of Precontribution Gain Solution C: 11-45 Use of Losses by Shareholders Solution C: 10-4 Discussion C:11-47 Problem Post-Termination Loss Use Solution Business - Accounting Complete the problems found in Ch. 9‚ 10‚ 11 of Federal Taxation 2010: Corporations with your Learning Team . C:9-32 Problem – Partnership Income and Basis Adjustments
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pineapples. The following table sets out Tom’s total product schedule. Labor (students) Total Products (pineapples/per day) 0 0 1 100 2 220 3 300 4 360 5 400 6 420 7 430 1. Calculate the marginal product of the third student; 2. Calculate the average product of three students; 3. Over what numbers of students does marginal product increase? 4. When marginal product increases‚ compare average product and marginal product. Two: (10 points) Tulip growing is
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PROBLEM SET 4 1) Consider the following utility functions‚ where W is wealth: (a) U (W ) = W 2 1 (b) U (W ) = W (c) U (W ) = −W (d) U (W ) = W (e) U (W ) = ln(W ) (f) U (W ) = W 1−γ ‚ with γ = 2 1−γ How likely are each of these functions to represent actual investor preferences? Why? 2) Suppose investors have preference described by the following utility function with A > 0: U = E(r) − 1 Aσ 2 2 Each investor has to choose between three portfolios with the following characteristics:
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Problem Set 3 Macroeconomics‚ ECON 2123 Sections L3 and L4 P. Sen Posted 9.11.14. Due 5 PM 17.11.14. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 100 marks total Part I: True/False/Uncertain Please justify your answer with a short argument for each question and draw a diagram if necessary. (25 marks‚ 5 marks each: 2 marks for correct judgment and 3 marks for correct argument) 1. Suppose that workers in the Republic
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CS578/STAT590: Introduction to Machine Learning Fall 2014 Problem Set 1 Joon Hee Choi Handed In: 09/14/2014 Review Questions 1. 2. 3. • ∂f ∂x = 6x − y − 11‚ ∂f ∂y • ∂f ∂x = 6x − y − 11 = 0‚ = 2y − x ∂f ∂y = 2y − x = 0 ⇒ x = 2‚ y = 1 ⇒ (x‚ y) = (2‚ 1) • (a) n = 2 w1 x1 and x = . Then‚ w2 x2 wT x + b = w1 x1 + w2 x2 + b = 0 ⇒ −x1b + Let w = w1 x2 − wb =1 2 (b) n = 3 w1 x1 Let w = w2 and x = x2 . Then‚ w3 x3 T w x + b = w1 x1 + w2 x2 + w3 x3 + b = 0 ⇒ −x1b + −x2b
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GMB 713 PROBLEM SET NO. 2 PROBLEM SOLVING: Solve the following problems. Show all pertinent solutions. 1. A car battery dealer is trying to determine which of the brands of car battery he is selling has a longer life span. He conducted an investigation by interview his customers and was able to get the following results: Brand X Brand Y Mean life span 4.5 years 4.9 years Standard deviation
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