1. The EPA is considering an application from the state of Colorado for a large dam project on the Colorado River. The basic costs and benefits of the project (in inflation-adjusted dollar values) are as follows:

1. Do a formal Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) using the quantifiable factors listed above. Assume that the operating lifespan of the dam is 30 years. Assume construction begins in year 1. All other impacts start when the dam is completed (at the beginning of Year 4) and continue for 30 years, which implies the full lifespan for the project is 33 years.
2. Using the same parameters and results from part (a.), adjust the interest rate to determine the level of discounting necessary to just break even. (Hint: I would start by changing the interest rate in 1% increments and then refine the changes as you get close to the break-even point.) What does this increase or decrease in interest rate imply about the relationship between costs and benefits over time?
3. Finally, holding constant the analysis you did in part (c.) what happens when you increase the acre-foot price of irrigation water from $700 to $1500 and/or the price per kilowatt hour of electricity from $0.125 to $0.15?

How likely do you think it is that self-service will become the dominant mode of customer problem resolution in the near or distant future? Support your answer with facts and examples from the text.

What are the different methods used to show a function is equal to its Taylor series near its center. In particular discuss Taylor’s inequality and how it can be used. Give a detailed example.

What factors influence a firm’s choice between (i) home production & exporting, (ii) direct foreign investment to set up a factory near customers, and (iii) licencing a foreign producer.

Discuss how dress code standards for health care companies have changed over the years. Identify some of the current standards that you believe will change in the near future and explain why.

These instructions are written with the assumption that code will be done in matlab. You might find the following built in commands useful: length, plot, xlabel, ylabel, title, legend, fzero, plot, disp, axis, axes, min, max.

2. Numerical Integration (Quadrature). Write FOUR of your own numerical integration routines. One should use left-end, right-end, or mid-points, another should use the trapezoid method, another should use Simpson’s method, and the fourth should use either Guassian Quadrature or Romberg’s method. Use your four routines to approximate two integrals numerically so that they are accurate to 1 part in 1 billion (if possible, if this is not possible explain why). First use your routines to approximate f(x) = x 3 − x cos(x) on the interval [0, 2π], you can and should check that your answer is correct. Then use your routines to approximate f(x) = 4e −2x 2 on the interval [−1, 1]. Use one of matlab’s built in integration functions to approximate both integrals also. Each integral should be: numerically approximated FOUR ways, checked vs one of matlab’s built-in numerical integration methods, and the polynomial/trig function should be checked exactly.

Use a general supply and demand model to explain the following: Several hotel-resorts have opened in the past decade in Las Vegas. The Bellagio has world-class art and the Paris LV is a recreation of Paris (without the rude French people). These and other new hotels have increased the supply of rooms in Las Vegas by 25%, however, room rates have doubled over the same time. How is this possible?

A 300-room hotel in Las Vegas is filled to capacity every night at $80 a room. For each $1 increase in rent, 3 fewer rooms are rented.

At what rate should the rooms be rented to produce the maximum revenue and how many rooms are rented at that rate? What is the maximum revenue? Write your results in a sentence as what each number means and represents. Please include all steps needed

As a marketing consultant, you are frequently asked by clients to develop recommendations for marketing communication strategies. The traditional elements used include advertising, sales promotion, public relations, and personal selling. Which of these do you feel would be most effective for each of the following clients? Why? (200 Words). please

• A bookstore
• An all-inclusive resort hotel
• A university
• A company that produces organic snacks
• A sports equipment company

On May 1. 20*2, Nexus Hotel issued bonds with a face value of $300,000. The bonds were 10 years, 9 percent annual bonds that sold at a price of of $390,000. Annual interest payments occur on April 30.

1. Journalize the necessary adjusting entries for December 31, 20*2.

2. Calculate the remaining balance of the Premium on Bonds Payable account on December 31, 20*2.