Popular belief states that individuals around the world are moving to the suburbs to live. According to the United Nations, the number of people living in urban areas is shown below.   

Source – Fortune, “Plotting the Rise of the Megacity”, March 2020, p. 82.

Assuming that the population variances are equal, is there evidence of a difference in in the proportion of people living in urban areas in the 1950s and 2020s (a = .05)?

1. Assume that the mosquito population across the southeast United States begins carrying the Zika virus. South Carolina legislators are concerned about the impact on pregnant women. A screening test (Test X) is required for all women of child-bearing age during annual appointments with their Ob/Gyn. The projected population to be screened in year 2020 is 100,000. State legislators want to know how many people will potentially need specialized medical care due to a positive test.

You have the 2018 testing data from Brazil that tells you the sensitivity of test X is 80.0% and the specificity is 99.5%. The estimated prevalence of Zika virus is 1.5 per 10,000 women of child-bearing age. Answer the following questions legislators may present at a hearing.

NOTE: For this and the next problem, write the terminology related to the question when it is not provided (e.g., if you are calculating a sensitivity, explicitly state that this is the sensitivity). Please show all your work.

1. Set-up the 2×2 table with the data given above. (9 points)

On May 14, 2020, the spot rate for Australian Dollars was 0.7306 USD/ 1 AUD.  The 180-day (6 month) forward rate quoted in the market was for 0.7340 USD/1 AUD and the risk-free rate on 180-day securities was 2.90 percent APR for United States LIBOR and 1.96 percent APR for Australian LIBOR.  (LIBOR rates are widely used as a reference rate for financial instruments.)  Assume that the US is the home country.

1. Are the quotes for AUD above relative to the USD direct or indirect quotations? Circle one:     direct or indirect
2. Is the USD expected to appreciate or depreciate relative to the AUD given the forward rate quoted above?   Circle one:     appreciate or depreciate
3. What is the implied forward rate if interest rate parity holds in this case?  Does interest rate parity hold here?  Use 4 decimal places for accuracy.   Implied forward rate ________
4. Which country’s risk free security offers the highest expected $ profit for a US investor, or are the $ profits the same?  Determine the $ profit for both investments using a beginning amount of 1,000 USD.   US LIBOR $ profit                             ________     Australian LIBOR $ profit                ________

Bramble Corporation operates a retail computer store. To improve delivery services to customers, the company purchases four new trucks on April 1, 2020. The terms of acquisition for each truck are described below.

Prepare the appropriate journal entries for the above transactions for Bramble Corporation.

thanks!

Startup of an online car rental and swap service by four people.

Write a Financial plan for 5 years

Include:

Sales Forecast

Income Statement

Cash Flow Statement

Describe astroturfing and its impacts on the reliability of online reviews .

Describe how you would determine if a review concerning a startup is legitimate or a fraud .

Feel free to make references.

If you are a startup and need a co-working space, how would you evaluate make your choice between IWG(Regus) and WeWork? explain as much and as clearly as possible

In terms of job loss, North Carolina is one of the states most adversely affected by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Assume hypothetically that North Carolina is considering a 25% tariff (tax) on all foreign-manufactured textiles and furniture items imported into the state. The tariff's purpose will be predominately protective in nature, designed to protect and advance textile and furniture manufacturers in North Carolina and to create jobs. In a 250- to 500-word (double spaced Word document) original paper, advise the lawmakers in North Carolina of the CONSTITUTIONALITY of such a tariff and what other alternative remedies are available, if any.

A. On May 29, 1790, by a mere 2 votes, Rhode Island ratified the US Constitution and completed the Union of the original 13 English colonies into the United States of America. Today more than 220 years later, the US is 50 States, additional commonwealths, and more than 320 million human lives. Generations of Americans have been born, lived, and died as the country has grown and matured. To what can we owe the longevity and strength of the United States as a country on the global stage?

1. It was created by an legal act.

2. A country is a collection of individuals and states. Collections represent stocks that last.

3. A system goes on being itself as long as the interconnections and purposes remain intact.

4. It's not a system. It's a government.

B. The software components of an information system will act as a(n) ________.

functional anchor on the human side

2. actor on the computer side

3. actor on the human side

4.bridge between the computer side and the human side

5. instruction on the computer side

C. Which phase of the customer life cycle focuses on presenting prospects with information about the value the organization provides?

1. loss/churn

2. customer endorsement

3. marketing

4. customer acquisition

5. relationship management

D. Anyone who gathers data from a variety of sources, arranges that data into meaningful structure, and then aggregates the results to discover information hidden in the details engages in what activity?

1. automation

2.data mining

3.data hiding

4.encapsulation

5. cataloging