In: Accounting
A new American graduate is contemplating buying a Japanese, German, or an American car. No matter the type of car, he plans to buy a new one at the end of 8 years. Japanese car will cost $30,000 and have a fuel usage of 23 Miles Per gallon (mpg) for the first 2 years, and will decrease by 3% per year thereafter. Repair cost will start at $700 per year, and increase by 3% per year. At the end of year 8, the car can be sold for $5000. Insurance cost will be $700 for the first year, increasing by 2% per year thereafter.
A German car will cost $45,000 and have fuel usage of 21mpg for
the first 5 years, and decrease by 1% thereafter to year 8. Repair
cost will start at $1000 in year 1 and increase by 4% per year. It
will have a salvage value of $7000 at the end of year 8. Insurance
cost will be $850 the first year, increasing by 2% per year
thereafter.
The American car will cost $35,000 and have fuel usage of 20mpg for
the first 3 years, and will decrease by 3% per year thereafter.
Repair cost will be $800 in year 1, increasing by 4% per year
thereafter. Being an American, the graduate will price the pride of
owning an American car at $0.4 for every 20 miles driven,
increasing by 2% per year. Insurance cost will be $800 per year
increasing by 2.2% per year. The car can be sold for $5500 at the
end of year 8.
If the graduate anticipates driving 150000 miles by the end of year
8 and the average interest rate is expected to remain at 5% per
year, which car is economically affordable based on present worth
analysis? Assume fuel cost will be $3 per gallon in year 1 and
increase by an average of 2% per year. Show all your workings.
In: Accounting
In: Accounting
21. In a survey of women in a certain country (ages 20−29), the mean height was 65.8 inches with a standard deviation of 2.87 inches. Answer the following questions about the specified normal distribution.
(a) The height that represents the 95th percentile is ___.
(b) What height represents the first quartile?
22. The weights of bags of baby carrots are normally distributed, with a mean of 34 ounces and a standard deviation of 0.31 ounce. Bags in the upper 4.5% are too heavy and must be repackaged. What is the most a bag of baby carrots can weigh and not need to be repackaged?
A bag of baby carrots can weigh at most ___ ounces without needing to be repackaged.
23. A mechanic sells a brand of automobile tire that has a life expectancy that is normally distributed, with a mean life of 35,000 miles and a standard deviation of 2800 miles. He wants to give a guarantee for free replacement of tires that don't wear well. How should he word his guarantee if he is willing to replace approximately 10% of the tires?
Tires that wear out by __ miles will be replaced free of charge.
24. A vending machine dispenses coffee into a sixteen-ounce cup. The amount of coffee dispensed into the cup is normally distributed with a standard deviation of 0.07 ounce. You can allow the cup to overfill 3% of the time. What amount should you set as the mean amount of coffee to be dispensed?
___ ounces.
25. In a large section of a statistics class, the points for the final exam are normally distributed, with a mean of 74 and a standard deviation of 8. Grades are assigned such that the top 10% receive A's, the next 20% received B's, the middle40% receive C's, the next 20% receive D's, and the bottom 10% receive F's. Find the lowest score on the final exam that would qualify a student for an A, a B, a C, and a D.
The lowest score that would qualify a student for an A is ___.
In: Statistics and Probability
In: Accounting
Bardi Trucking Co., located in Cleveland, Ohio, makes deliveries in the Great Lakes region, the Southeast, and the Northeast. Jim Bardi, the president, is studying the relationship between the distance a shipment must travel and the length of time, in days, it takes the shipment to arrive at its destination. To investigate, Mr. Bardi selected a random sample of 20 shipments made last month. Shipping distance is the independent variable and shipping time is the dependent variable. The results are as follows:
| Shipment | Distance (miles) | Shipping Time (days) | Shipment | Distance (miles) | Shipping Time (days) | |||
| 1 | 782 | 14 | 11 | 609 | 10 | |||
| 2 | 724 | 15 | 12 | 855 | 10 | |||
| 3 | 616 | 15 | 13 | 687 | 9 | |||
| 4 | 751 | 11 | 14 | 663 | 12 | |||
| 5 | 713 | 5 | 15 | 687 | 9 | |||
| 6 | 800 | 3 | 16 | 845 | 12 | |||
| 7 | 726 | 9 | 17 | 615 | 10 | |||
| 8 | 831 | 14 | 18 | 789 | 7 | |||
| 9 | 649 | 6 | 19 | 744 | 5 | |||
| 10 | 824 | 6 | 20 | 706 | 5 | |||
Draw a scatter diagram. Based on these data, does it appear that there is a relationship between how many miles a shipment has to go and the time it takes to arrive at its destination?
Fill in the blanks. (Round your answers to 3 decimal places. Negative values should be indicated by minus sign.)
| x⎯⎯x¯ | |
| y⎯⎯y¯ | |
| Sx | |
| Sy | |
| r | |
State the decision rule for 0.10 significance level: H0: ρ ≤ 0; H1: ρ > 0.
Compute the value of the test statistic.
Determine the coefficient of determination.
Fill in the blank below. (Round your answer to 1 decimal places.)
___% of the variation in shipping time is explained in by shipping distance
Determine the standard error of estimate.
In: Math
A box contains six 25-watt light bulbs, nine 60-watt light bulbs, and five 100-watt light bulbs. What is the probability a randomly selected a 60 watt light bulb? (PLease explain how did you get your answer)(2 pt) Note: You must provide your answer as a fraction NOT decimal)
|
Cell Phone Provider |
Probability |
|
AT&T |
0.271 |
|
Sprint |
0.236 |
|
T–Mobile |
0.111 |
|
Verizon |
0.263 |
The data shows the distance that employees of a certain company travel to work. One of these employees is randomly selected. Determine the probability that the employee travels between 10 and 29 miles to work. (2 pts)
|
Distance (miles) |
Number of employees |
|
0 – 9 |
124 |
|
10 – 19 |
309 |
|
20 – 29 |
257 |
|
30 – 39 |
78 |
|
40 – 49 |
2 |
The probability that a randomly selected murder resulted from a rifle or shotgun is
P(rifle or shotgun) = 0.059. Interpret this probability. (2 pt)
Choose one of the correct answers from below.
A. If 1000 murders were randomly selected, we would expect about 59 of them to have resulted from a rifle or shotgun.In: Math
Assume that a new theater is opening near campus. The theater owner wants lots of students to come to see movies, but is nervous about what influences their demand. Through masterful research, the theater owner discovers the following is true about demand for his theater tickets:
Own Price Elasticity = 3.5
Cross Price Elasticity = 2.2
Income Elasticity = 4.7
If the owner lowers his price by 20%, by how much will quantity demand change? Show all work.
If the competing theater raises his price by 8%, by how much will quantity demand change at this new theater? Show all work.
If students at the Mount get 9% more income, by how much will demand for tickets change? Show all work.
If incomes fall by 5%, by how much does the theater owner need to lower his price to keep the same number of customers as before? (i.e. to keep quantity demand the same as before the drop in income). Show all work.
In: Economics
1. The owner of Showtime Movie Theaters, Inc. would like to estimate weekly gross revenue as a function of advertising expenditures. Historical data for a sample of eight weeks follow.
|
Weekly Gross |
Television |
Newspaper |
Radio |
|
Revenue |
Advertising |
Advertising |
Advertising |
|
($1000s) |
($1000s) |
($1000s) |
($1000s) |
|
96 |
5 |
1.5 |
0.3 |
|
90 |
2 |
2 |
0.2 |
|
95 |
4 |
1.5 |
0.3 |
|
92 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
0.1 |
|
95 |
3 |
3.3 |
0.4 |
|
94 |
3.5 |
2.3 |
0.4 |
|
94 |
2.5 |
4.2 |
0.3 |
|
94 |
3 |
2.5 |
0.3 |
PLEASE SHOW IN EXCEL AND HOW TO DO IT. Thank you!
In: Statistics and Probability
The City of Waterloo is considering the adoption of improvements to Waterloo Park and is presented with three mutually-exclusive options. Option A adds a splash pad which is estimated to offer benefits of $20 million and costs $16 million to build. Option B adds basketball courts has estimated benefits of $26 million and costs of $20 million. Option C is a nature exploration area that is estimated to offer benefits of $10 million and has costs of $2 million. In additional, a fourth option D is an improved path and signage project that has estimated costs of $8 million and standalone benefits of $4 million, but it can be combined with any of the first three, changing their respective benefits as follows: if built with A, it augments its benefits by $16 million, if built with B it increase the benefits of project B by $10 million, but if built with C it reduces the benefits of project C by $2 million.
i. Generate a table with 2 columns: the benefit-cost ratio and net benefits for each possible option.
ii. Which option should be chosen according to the Cost Benefit decision rule?
In: Economics