Computers Magazine has recently completed an analysis of its customer base. It has determined that 75% of the issues sold each month are subscriptions and the other 25% are sold at newsstands. It has also determined that the ages of its subscribers are normally distributed with a mean of 44.5 and a standard deviation of 7.42 years, whereas the ages of its newsstand customers are normally distributed with a mean of 36.1 and a standard deviation of 8.20 years.

(a) Computers Magazine would like to make the following statement to its advertisers: “80% of our subscribers are between the ages of . . . and . . . .” Your job is to fill in the blanks, choosing a range that is symmetric around the mean. (In other words, the mean age of subscribers should be the midpoint of the range.)

(b) What proportion of Computers Magazine newsstand customers have ages in the range you gave in (a)?

(c) What proportion of all of Computers Magazine customers have ages in the range you gave in (a)?

Consider the following enterprise scenario and answer the following questions. ABC is a wholesale company that sells electrical equipment and provides a website from which customers can inquiry about products and identify what they want to buy. When costumers order electrical equipment, they place their order on the ABC website. ABC does not own or hold any equipment as inventory. Rather, the ABC orders the equipment from the appropriate supplier and ranges for the equipment to be shipped directly from the supplier to the customers. The customers pay ABC and receive receipts. The ABC also pays the suppliers and keeps the excess as revenues.

1. Create a value chain REA model that represents the flow of ABC's resources between the sales/collection process with other business processes.
2. Create a business process level REA model for ABC's sales/collection process. Be sure to include all relevant entities, relationships, and attributes.

NO HANDWRITING, PLEASE.

Using the data in the following​ table, and the fact that the correlation of A and B is 0.32​, calculate the volatility​ (standard deviation) of a portfolio that is 80% invested in stock A and 20% invested in stock B.

   Stock A   Stock B
2005   -4   28
2006   19   20
2007   3   8
2008   -1   -8
2009   5   -9
2010   13   30

Which of the following will NOT contribute to the appreciation of a currency?

Persistent trade deficit

Rampant corruption

Low interest rates

Social unrest

High inflation

4. Explain how an organisation’s management accounting system (MAS) can contribute towards the development of a cost leadership strategy. (190 words)

Discuss the conditions that made Japan’s postwar economic development possible? How did SCAP policies contribute to or hinder Japan’s economic miracle?

Discuss the conditions that made Japan’s postwar economic development possible? How did SCAP policies contribute to or hinder Japan’s economic miracle?

Describe at least two (2) factors from the Phase/Step 4 assessment of the PRECEDE approach that may contribute to the increase in obesity levels