Isle Royale, the islands of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Nantucket, California's Channel Islands, and Elliott Key in Biscayne National Park are all islands, but they all formed in different ways. Describe the different geological processes that created these different islands.
In: Other
A random group of thirty customers at a local theater was interviewed regarding their movie viewing habits. The following responses were obtained for the question, “How many times during the past month did you go to the movies?” Number of movies attended 0 1 2 3 4 Number of customers 3 10 8 6 3 a. b. Find the probability that a customer selected at random went to the movies:
1) more than one time, 2) two times, 3) at least two times, 4) no more than three times.
In: Statistics and Probability
Why is homelessness such an issue for San Francisco if it is an innovation hub?
San Francisco has been a technology innovation hot spot since the 1940s when William Shockley helped boost the economy through his invention of the transistor. This new technology was the seed that helped San Francisco's technology industry blossom into what it is today. As we learned from The New Geography of Jobs by Enrico Moretti, San Francisco is home to some of the biggest names in technology like, Google, Apple, Yahoo, Zynga, and Yelp. It is safe to assume that there is a significant amount of individuals with college degrees living and working here, so why is the homeless rate so high?
In 2019 San Francisco reported a population of 17,595 homeless people living in the city. This was a 30% surge since 2017 (Cowan, 2019). This is also likely to be an underestimate as calculating a homeless population is extremely difficult. One would think, if there are so many high skilled, high tech jobs, the multiplier effect would create a massive amount of lower skilled jobs. What might else might be leading to this high level of homelessness?
In: Economics
For the reaction shown, compute the theoretical yield of the
product in grams for each of the following initial amounts of
reactants.
Ti(s)+2F2(g)→TiF4(s)
a. 1.0 gTi; 1.0 gF2
b. 4.8 gTi; 3.2 gF2
c. 0.388 gTi; 0.341 gF2
Express your answer using two significant figures.
In: Chemistry
1. The affordable method in establishing a total promotional budget for a company is based on:
A. How much the company can afford to spend on the promotional mix.
B. How much customers can afford to spend on the company’s product.
C. How much money it takes to reach all of the customers in the target market.
D. How much money is spent in average per each customer who makes a purchase.
2. Which of the following is not a method of determining a promotional budget?
A. The affordable methods
B. The percentage of sales methods
C. The competitive parity method
D. The competitive advantage method
3. The mix of promotional tools changes as the product goes through different stages in its lifecycle. This is because:
A. customers should rely on more than one method of promotion at each stage to make promotion effective.
B. customers view of the product differently and different communication strategies are necessary to emphasize the various elements of a product in each stage of the life cycle.
C. customers need reinforcement by multiple methods.
D. customers are generally skeptical of advertising.
4. A major hotel chain has implemented a very easy to use kiosk for check in. A recent ad for the hotel shows a business customer arriving at the hotel and using one of the kiosks to check in and retrieve a room key in less than a minute. This advertising is most likely to be executed as:
A. Lifestyle
B. Personality
C. Slice of life
D. Fantasy
In: Economics
Gale, McLean, and Lux are partners of Burgers and Brew Company
with capital balances as follows: Gale, $91,000; McLean, $83,000;
and Lux, $154,000. The partners share profit and losses in a 3:2:5
ratio. McLean decides to withdraw from the partnership. Prepare
General Journal entries to record the May 1, 2017, withdrawal of
McLean from the partnership under each of the following unrelated
assumptions:
a. McLean sells his interest to Freedman for
$175,000 after Gale and Lux approve the entry of Freedman as a
partner (where McLean receives the cash personally from
Freedman).
Record the admission of Freedman.
b. McLean gives his interest to a son-in-law, Park. Gale and Lux accept Park as a partner.
Record the admission of Park.
c. McLean is paid $83,000 in partnership cash for his equity.
Record withdrawal of McLean, where he is paid $83,000 in partnership cash for his equity.
d. McLean is paid $139,000 in partnership cash for his equity.
Record the withdrawal of McLean assuming, he is paid $139,000 in partnership cash for his equity.
e. McLean is paid $34,250 in partnership cash plus machinery that is recorded on the partnership books at $122,000 less accumulated depreciation of $90,000. (Round final answers to 2 decimal places.)
Record the withdrawal of McLean assuming, he is paid $34,250 in partnership cash plus machinery that is recorded on the partnership books at $122,000 less accumulated depreciation of $90,000.
In: Accounting
1. A manufacturing company manufactures a cardboard box with a square base and a height of 15 inches. Suppose the equation x2 +60x- 7,200 = 0 can be used to find the length and width of the base of the box, each measuring x inches.
Write the equation in factored form.
Use the zero product property to solve the equation. Show all the steps needed to find both answers.
Explain how the solution relates to this situation
2. City engineers decide to build a rectangular dog park that has an area of 3,600 square yards, where the length of the park is 10 more yards than twice its width. The equation x2 +5x-1,800 = 0 can be used to find the width of the dog park.
Write the equation in factored form
Use the zero product property to solve the equation. Show all the steps needed to find both answers.
Explain how the solution relates to this situation.
3. A graphic designer uses a photo editing program to increase both the height and width of a square image by 3 inches. Suppose the equation x2 +6x-55 = 0 can be used to find the height and width of the original image.
Write the equation in factored form.
Use the zero product property to solve the equation. Show all the steps needed to find both answers.
Explain how the solution relates to this situation.
In: Math
Costs that change abruptly at different levels of activity because the resources are available only in indivisible chunks are called ________.
A) mixed costs
B) variable costs
C) fixed costs
D) step costs
Answer:
A compensation plan where the sales force is paid salary plus commission is a ________.
A) purely variable cost
B) mixed cost
C) step cost
D) fixed cost
Answer:
The break-even point on the cost-volume-profit graph is where the ________.
A) total cost line intersects the net profit line
B) total cost line intersects the net loss line
C) revenue line intersects the total cost line
D) revenue line intersects the variable cost line
Answer:
Suppose a hotel has annual fixed costs applicable to its rooms of $2.0 million for its 300-room hotel. Average daily room rents are $50 per room and average variable costs are $10 for each room rented. It operates 365 days per year. If the hotel is completely full throughout the year, what is net income for one year?
A) $1,280,000
B) $2,380,000
C) $3,180,000
D) $4,380,000
Answer:
Murphy Company produces dolls. Each doll sells for $20.00. Variable costs per unit are $14.00 and total fixed costs for the period are $435,000. What is the break-even point in units?
A) 21,750
B) 31,071
C) 51,176
D) 72,500
In: Accounting
Pacific Hotels operates a centralized call center for the reservation needs of its hotels. Costs associated with use of the center are charged to the hotel group (luxury, resort, standard, and budget) based on the length of time of calls made (time usage). Idle time of the reservation agents, time spent on calls in which no reservation is made, and the fixed cost of the equipment are allocated based on the number of reservations made in each group. Due to recent increased competition in the hotel industry, the company has decided that it is necessary to better allocate its costs in order to price its services competitively and profitably. During the most recent period for which data are available, the use of the call center for each hotel group was as follows:
| Division | Time Usage(thousands of minutes) | Number of Reservations (thousands) | ||||
| Luxury | 220 | 135 | ||||
| Resort | 110 | 165 | ||||
| Standard | 440 | 315 | ||||
| Budget | 330 | 885 | ||||
During this period, the cost of the call center amounted to $880,000 for personnel and $630,000 for equipment and other costs.
Required:
a. Determine the allocation to each of the divisions using the following:
1. A single rate based on time used. (Do not round intermediate calculations.)
| Department | Allocated Cost |
| Luxury | |
| Resort | |
| Standard | |
| Budget |
2. Dual rates based on time used (for personnel costs) and number of reservations (for equipment and other cost). (Do not round intermediate calculations.)
| Department | Allocated Cost |
| Luxury | |
| Resort | |
| Standard | |
| Budget |
In: Accounting
Let x be a random variable that represents the weights in kilograms (kg) of healthy adult female deer (does) in December in a national park. Then x has a distribution that is approximately normal with mean μ = 64.0 kg and standard deviation σ = 7.7 kg. Suppose a doe that weighs less than 55 kg is considered undernourished.
(a) What is the probability that a single doe captured (weighed and released) at random in December is undernourished? (Round your answer to four decimal places.) Incorrect: Your answer is incorrect.
(b) If the park has about 2250 does, what number do you expect to be undernourished in December? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.) Incorrect: Your answer is incorrect. does
(c) To estimate the health of the December doe population, park rangers use the rule that the average weight of n = 55 does should be more than 61 kg. If the average weight is less than 61 kg, it is thought that the entire population of does might be undernourished. What is the probability that the average weight x for a random sample of 55 does is less than 61 kg (assuming a healthy population)? (Round your answer to four decimal places.) Incorrect: Your answer is incorrect.
(d) Compute the probability that x < 65.1 kg for 55 does (assume a healthy population). (Round your answer to four decimal places.)
In: Statistics and Probability