probability that at least one is audited? (c) Suppose the accountant prepares 500 returns‚ use the normal approximation to estimate the probability that more than 20 of the returns are audited. 3. Suppose the weight of eggs produced by Henly Farms has a mean of 59.7 g. with a standard deviation of 3.4 g. Find the probability that a carton of a dozen eggs will weigh less than 727 g. 4. Magazine Marketers is holding a sweepstakes. They list the following prizes and the probability of winning the
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main elements in calculating the cost of capital? How would an increase in debt affect it? How would you identify an organization’s optimal cost of capital? Is the cost of capital increasing or decreasing for most companies? DQ 2 What is meant by Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)? What are the components of WACC? Why is WACC a more appropriate discount rate when doing capital budgeting? What is the impact on WACC when an organization needs to raise long term capital? DQ 3 What is an IPO? How
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rate on debt. .045(1 - .38) = 2.8% Cost of Equity In order to find the cost of equity I used the CAPM approach. I used the yield on 20-year U.S. Treasuries as the risk-free rate‚ 5.74%. To estimate the market risk premium I used the arithmetic mean of 7.50%. I used Nike’s average beta‚ 0.80. .0574 + (.075 - .0574).8 = 7.1% WACC = KdWd(1 - T) + KeWe WACC = (.028 x .27) + (.071 x .73) = 5.9% Calculate WACC using market values: The weight of debt is calculated by adding the current portion
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is the difference between mean and variance? Can you explain the example given in the lecture in your own words? The mean is a weighted average of the possible values a certain variable can take. The mean provides the long-run average of a variable. The variance of a variable measures the spread or variability of the distribution. The example given in the lecture can be explained like this: if the mean increases‚ the graph moves to the right‚ because a higher mean is a higher average. Increase
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Abstract The researchers were motivated to use the Luzon Brokerage Corporation as the main subject of their research because of the issues they have heard from the past customers which are complaining about the service of the LBC. They wanted to help the LBC to know what are the lapses occur from their transaction and help them to know some of the applicable improvement of their services. As an entrepreneur they must develop their analytical thinking and situational problem solving. With the
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INTRODUCTION TO OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Spring 2012-ASSIGNMENT # 1 Name 1: --------------------------------------------------- ID # ------------------------------------------------ Name 2: --------------------------------------------------- ID # ------------------------------------------------ Question # 1 [15 Marks] Bob Richards‚ the production manager of Zychol Chemicals‚ is preparing his quarterly report‚ which is to include a productivity analysis for his department. One of the inputs
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Analytical tool An analytical tool is something used to analyze or "take a closer look at" something. It is normally a way to review the effectiveness of something. For example‚ Google offers a free web analytics tool that is used by Web Masters to track visitors on a given site. It allows Web Masters to see where visitors are coming from‚ how long they stay‚ what links they are reviewing‚ etc. Analytic Tool help with Tracking and Reports! Data flow diagram -A data flow diagram (DFD) is
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Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction The globalization trend in the 21st century is to effectively and efficiently spawn the delivery of educational services to generate progress in the attainment of quality life for all. More than ever‚ state leaders strive to invest in quality education as a niche for their nations to develop their people into world class citizens in asserting their future and destiny so in the end they have the active share in building a better world
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Joshua Cooper Jonathan Cooper Tyler Allrutz 1/16/14 Physics Tennis Ball Inquiry Goal Purpose When received this lab we had to come up with an experiment that would have to involve testing two tennis balls but one of the tennis ball had to be altered in one way. The way we tested the tennis ball was by dropping them from a certain height and seeing how high they bounce back up. We then would make a graph and then see the relationship between the data. Once finding the relationship we can
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PROD 529 Fall 2010 Manzana Insurance: Fruitvale Branch Case Executive Summary In 1991‚ Manzana Insurance’s Fruitvale branch was suffering on many performance measures including obtaining new policies‚ retaining current policies‚ long turnaround times‚ and the accumulation of a backlog of renewal policies. There are a number of problems leading to these poor performance measures including unbalanced work load on the underwriting teams‚ department utilization‚ work prioritization‚ and some
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