Thirty-one small communities in Connecticut (population near 10,000 each) gave an average of x = 138.5 reported cases of larceny per year. Assume that σ is known to be 45.1 cases per year. (a) Find a 90% confidence interval for the population mean annual number of reported larceny cases in such communities. What is the margin of error? (Round your answers to one decimal place.) lower limit upper limit margin of error (b) Find a 95% confidence interval for the population mean annual number of reported larceny cases in such communities. What is the margin of error? (Round your answers to one decimal place.) lower limit upper limit margin of error (c) Find a 99% confidence interval for the population mean annual number of reported larceny cases in such communities. What is the margin of error? (Round your answers to one decimal place.) lower limit upper limit margin of error
In: Math
3. Sydney Rangers Inc operates remote parking lots near major
airports. The board of directors of this family-owned company
believes that Sydney Rangers could earn an additional $2 million
income before interest and taxes by expanding into new markets.
However, the $5 million that the business needs for growth cannot
be raised within the family. The directors, who strongly wish to
retain family control of the company, must consider issuing
securities to outsiders.
Sydney Rangers’s Plan 1 is to borrow at 6%. Plan 2 is to issue
100,000 common shares. Plan 3 is to issue 100,000 non-voting, $3.75
preferred shares ( $3.75 is the annual dividend paid on each
preferred share). Sydney Rangers currently has net income of $3.5
million and 1 million common shares outstanding. The company’s
income tax rate is 25%.
Requirements:
1. Prepare an analysis to determine which plan will result in the
highest earning per common share.
2. Recommend one plan to the board of directors. Explain your
reasons.
In: Accounting
Thirty-four small communities in Connecticut (population near 10,000 each) gave an average of x = 138.5 reported cases of larceny per year. Assume that σ is known to be 44.3 cases per year.
(a) Find a 90% confidence interval for the population mean annual number of reported larceny cases in such communities. What is the margin of error? (Round your answers to one decimal place.)
| lower limit | |
| upper limit | |
| margin of error |
(b) Find a 95% confidence interval for the population mean annual
number of reported larceny cases in such communities. What is the
margin of error? (Round your answers to one decimal place.)
| lower limit | |
| upper limit | |
| margin of error |
(c) Find a 99% confidence interval for the population mean annual
number of reported larceny cases in such communities. What is the
margin of error? (Round your answers to one decimal place.)
| lower limit | |
| upper limit | |
| margin of error |
(d) Compare the margins of error for parts (a) through (c). As the
confidence levels increase, do the margins of error increase?
As the confidence level increases, the margin of error increases.As the confidence level increases, the margin of error decreases. As the confidence level increases, the margin of error remains the same.
(e) Compare the lengths of the confidence intervals for parts (a)
through (c). As the confidence levels increase, do the confidence
intervals increase in length?
As the confidence level increases, the confidence interval increases in length.As the confidence level increases, the confidence interval decreases in length. As the confidence level increases, the confidence interval remains the same length.
In: Math
Thirty-two small communities in Connecticut (population near 10,000 each) gave an average of x = 138.5 reported cases of larceny per year. Assume that σ is known to be 41.3 cases per year. (a) Find a 90% confidence interval for the population mean annual number of reported larceny cases in such communities. What is the margin of error? (Round your answers to one decimal place.) lower limit upper limit margin of error (b) Find a 95% confidence interval for the population mean annual number of reported larceny cases in such communities. What is the margin of error? (Round your answers to one decimal place.) lower limit upper limit margin of error (c) Find a 99% confidence interval for the population mean annual number of reported larceny cases in such communities. What is the margin of error? (Round your answers to one decimal place.) lower limit upper limit margin of error (d) Compare the margins of error for parts (a) through (c). As the confidence levels increase, do the margins of error increase? As the confidence level increases, the margin of error decreases. As the confidence level increases, the margin of error increases. As the confidence level increases, the margin of error remains the same. (e) Compare the lengths of the confidence intervals for parts (a) through (c). As the confidence levels increase, do the confidence intervals increase in length? As the confidence level increases, the confidence interval decreases in length. As the confidence level increases, the confidence interval increases in length. As the confidence level increases, the confidence interval remains the same length.
In: Math
Eastern Aviation operated both an airline and several restaurants located near airports. During the year just ended, all restaurant operations were discontinued and the following operating results were reported.
| Continuing operations (airline): | |||
| Net sales | $ | 27,560,000 | |
| Costs and expenses | 21,660,000 | ||
| Other data: | |||
| Operating income from restaurants (net of income tax) | 432,000 | ||
| Gain on sale of restaurants (net of income tax) | 2,478,000 | ||
| Nonrecurring loss | 1,200,000 | ||
All of these amounts are before income taxes unless indicated otherwise. The company's income tax rate is 40 percent. The nonrecurring loss resulted from damage to a warehouse that is not related to the discontinued restaurant operations. Eastern Aviation had 1,000,000 shares of capital stock outstanding throughout the year.
Required:
a. Prepare a condensed income statement, including proper presentation of the discontinued restaurant operations and the nonrecurring loss. Include all appropriate earnings per share figures.
b. Assume that you expect the profitability of Eastern Aviation operations to decline by 5 percent next year, and the profitability of the restaurants to decline by 10 percent. What is your estimate of the company’s net earnings per share next year?
In: Accounting
1.A 1000 ephemeral stream segment along the Town Creek near Tupelo, MS has a width of 30-m. The difference in elevation of the bottom channel for the upstream to the downstream section is 0.5m. A triangular hydrograph cumulating 10-cm of runoff that begins at 0m3/s reaches a peak of 35m3/s after the first hour of flow and returns to 0m3/s at the time 2.8-hr.If no lateral or overbank inflow is observed along the reach:
a.(15pts) Compute the outflow hydrograph for this reach selecting a time step of 0.1hr, a travel time constant of 0.285 hr and a weighting factor o f0.35.(use 4 decimal places for the outflow hydrograph to determine the routing time to reach the 0m3/s)(As you could submit your routingin Excel, hand/typing calculation are required for the time step that corresponds to your last digit of the net id. If 0 then 10th time step)Hint: The inflow hydrographs should have time steps of 0.1-hr from the beginning to the end.
b.(5 pts) Determine the lag time and peak flow attenuation(difference) observed between inflow and outflow hydrographs.
c.(15pts) Assuming the routing parameters remain constant, compute the outflow hydrograph for the following 1000-m reach segment.(use 4 decimal places for the outflow hydrograph to determine the routing time to reach the 0m3/s)(As you could submit your routing in Excel, hand/typing calculation sare required for the time step that corresponds to your last digit of the net id. If 0 then 10th time step
d.(5 pts) Determine the lag time and peak flow attenuation(difference) observed between inflow and outflow hydrographs.e.(5 pts) Is the runoff volume and the runoff depth changing along the reach? Validate your response with proper calculations and demonstrations.
f.(5 pts) Plot all three hydrographs in one same graph.
In: Civil Engineering
please answer and show your work, thank you!
1.) A farsighted person has a near point that is 48.0 cm from her eyes. She wears eyeglasses that are designed to enable her to read a newspaper held at a distance of 27.0 cm from her eyes. Find the focal length of the eyeglasses, assuming each of the following.
(a) that they are worn 2.0 cm from the eyes
cm
(b) that they are worn 3.0 cm from the eyes
cm
2.) A converging lens (f = 11.4 cm) is located 33.0 cm to the left of a diverging lens (f = -6.06 cm). A postage stamp is placed 39.6 cm to the left of the converging lens.
(a) Locate the final image of the stamp relative to the
diverging lens. (Include sign to indicate which side of the lens
the image is on.)
____________cm
(b) Find the overall magnification.
________________
3.) The owner of a van installs a rear-window lens that has a focal length of -0.301 m. When the owner looks out through the lens at a person standing directly behind the van, the person appears to be just 0.237 m from the back of the van, and appears to be 0.335 m tall.
(a) How far from the van is the person actually standing?
___________m
(b) How tall is the person?
___________m
In: Physics
Thirty-five small communities in Connecticut (population near 10,000 each) gave an average of x = 138.5 reported cases of larceny per year. Assume that σ is known to be 40.7 cases per year.
(a) Find a 90% confidence interval for the population mean annual number of reported larceny cases in such communities. What is the margin of error? (Round your answers to one decimal place.)
| lower limit | |
| upper limit | |
| margin of error |
(b) Find a 95% confidence interval for the population mean annual
number of reported larceny cases in such communities. What is the
margin of error? (Round your answers to one decimal place.)
| lower limit | |
| upper limit | |
| margin of error |
(c) Find a 99% confidence interval for the population mean annual
number of reported larceny cases in such communities. What is the
margin of error? (Round your answers to one decimal place.)
| lower limit | |
| upper limit | |
| margin of error |
(d) Compare the margins of error for parts (a) through (c). As the
confidence levels increase, do the margins of error increase?
(a) As the confidence level increases, the margin of error decreases.
(b) As the confidence level increases, the margin of error remains the same.
(c) As the confidence level increases, the margin of error increases.
(e) Compare the lengths of the confidence intervals for parts (a)
through (c). As the confidence levels increase, do the confidence
intervals increase in length?
(a) As the confidence level increases, the confidence interval remains the same length.
(b) As the confidence level increases, the confidence interval decreases in length.
(c) As the confidence level increases, the confidence interval increases in length.
In: Math
Flatbread goes round the world Gruma S.A.B. de C.V is
located near Monterrey, Mexico, and produces corn flour and other
flour products, which it processes into tortillas and related
snacks for markets worldwide. Its brand names include Maseca,
Mission, and Guerrero. Its customers include supermarkets, mass
merchandisers, smaller independent stores, restaurant chains, food
service distributors and schools. The company began operations in
1949. In the early 1970s, Gruma launched its product on the Central
American markets, specifically in Costa Rica. In 1976 it expanded
to the United States and in 1987 it began expanding its operations
across the globe, opening plants in Honduras, El Salvador,
Guatemala and Venezuela. It now has plants in Europe and most
recently China. The Asian market presents a very exciting
development for Gruma. The company established their presence on
continental China in the first instance and then gradually expanded
their penetration of markets across Asia to the Middle East. It has
already established distributorships in Japan, Korea, Singapore,
Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines, Taiwan and India. How has a
Mexican company with a niche food product like corn flour succeeded
so well in international markets? According to Martinez and
Haddock, the answer lies in the fact that many of the markets they
have focused on are emerging markets which tend to follow the same
path of development. These emerging markets exhibit a natural life
cycle – a predictable pattern of consumer demand that is evident in
steel, wheat, consumer products, and every other major economic
sector. What Gruma are following in their international expansion
is the tried and tested method of leveraging the similarities
across from market to market and growing their company accordingly.
The root of the success of Gruma has been their ability to observe
the life cycle of emerging markets around the world and expertly
time their entry into these markets. However, the other key factor
has been their ability to adapt their products to local market
tastes. Their key competitive advantage in international markets is
based not on their product but the ability to roll any kind of
flour, from corn to wheat to rice, into saleable flatbread. Most
people from India do not eat corn tortillas, but they do eat a
flatbread called naan, made from wheat, which Gruma sells in the
United Kingdom and plans to sell in India. The Chinese don’t eat
many corn tortillas, but they buy wraps made by Gruma for Peking
duck. Gruma also follow a policy of deploying a senior ‘beachhead’
team to enter the new market in which they are building a presence.
In China, the beachhead team had skills honed through many years of
experience in Latin America and was already primed to develop the
necessary market insights to feed into their marketing campaign.
Thus, observed trends in China such as a decrease in home cooking
among dual-career professionals, increasing penetration of fast
food chains, an increase in cold storage in supermarkets and rapid
improvements in the logistics and distribution channels were all
utilized in thinking through the Gruma market-building strategy in
China.
In connection with the given case study, develop a list of
environmental factors which can be monitored to help decision
makers recognize when it is the optimum time to enter a
market.
In: Economics
Digital dashboards offer an effective and efficient way to view enterprisewide information at near real-time. According to Nucleus Research, there is a direct correlation between use of digital dashboards and a company’s return on investment (ROI), hence all executives should be using or pushing the development of digital dashboards to monitor and analyze organizational operations. Develop a digital dashboard for the CEO of a transportation company. Be sure to discuss and address all of the following with your other classmates. Inventory Materials Demand/Supply Sales Supplier’s supplier Supplier Manufacturer Distributor Retailer Customer Customer’s Customer
In: Operations Management