(a)
(b)
TLT company has $720 million in common stock outstanding. Its cost of
equity is 12%. Moreover, TLT has $360 million in 6% coupon rate bonds
outstanding. The bond is currently sold at par. There are no taxes in the
country in which TLT company operates.
i. Calculate the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) of TLT.
ii. TLT has decided to issue $180 million in common stock and use the
proceeds to buy back its bonds. According to the Modigliani & Miller
(M&M) propositions, what are the TLT’s new WACC and new cost of
equity?
Critically discuss the importance of dividend clientele effect to the firm
value. (word limit: 150 words)

Assume that you are working for the Ministry of Health in the geriatric department. The department is planning to create a specific geriatric care model for older adults to meet their needs and enable them to be healthy while they are aging. Your supervisor asks you to address one of the common geriatric syndromes to be used in that model.

1. What is the geriatric syndrome that you are going to address?

2. Explain your approach/policy that you will use to help prevent/reduce the health issue? Explain it thoroughly.

3. Why do you think your approach is appropriate for that issue?

• Word count: 250
• Avoid plagiarism, Please I need unique answer
• Don't copy and paste, Don't use hand write

Question 1

Required:

Forecasting is an important business process to enable planning and preparation.

Describe THREE (3) techniques that could be used to forecast costs. Illustrate your answer with the use of simple numerical examples.

Evaluate the usefulness of these three techniques. (maximum word count 500 words)

Question 2

The Feathered Friends Company is a small business manufacturing products for domestic and wild birds. Its best-selling product is the ‘fat ball’ that can be hung or placed in a garden to provide healthy nourishment for wild birds during cold winters.

The standard material cost per ‘fat ball’ is as follows:

[1 kg = 1,000g]

5,000 ‘fat balls’ were produced and sold in the second quarter of the year (April – June), incurring the following material costs:

The management accountant met with the production manager to review the variances that had been calculated. The production manager observed that some of the original information on the standard cost card was out of date. He specifically noted the following points:

• A new type of fat had been introduced which required significantly less of the input, now only 25g per ball, but had a higher cost of £7.60/kg.
• In response to published research into birds’ diets the quantity of nuts in a ‘ball’ was increased by 20g. The supplier of nuts had increased the price to £14.40/kg.
• The new fat was able to bind together more seeds, so the quantity of seeds input rose by 20% for each ‘fat ball’. The price of seeds had fallen to £2.00/kg.

Required:

1. Produce a reconciliation of the original standard material cost of actual production of ‘fat balls’ in the second quarter to the actual material cost incurred, showing the total planning variance and all operational material variances.   
                                                                                                                   
2. Discuss the potential benefits and problems of calculating separate planning and operational variances. (maximum word count 180 words)                   

Question 3

Julie’s Cleaning Services is considering expanding its domestic cleaning operations to include the provision of carpet cleaning. This will require the purchase of 20 specialised carpet cleaning machines, at a cost of £400 each, to be used by the team of cleaners. The company will treat this expenditure as a fixed cost.

This is a large additional cost for the business, but Julie expects that the demand for this service is sufficient to warrant charging a fee of £75 per room carpet. The variable costs incurred per clean are £21 which include all labour and materials costs.

Required:

1. Calculate the number of carpet cleans that Julie’s Cleaning Services needs to carry out to avoid losing money on the new carpet cleaning activity.

2. The breakeven calculation carried out in part (a) required a number of assumptions to be made regarding the carpet cleaning business proposal. Discuss THREE (3) of the following assumptions, providing examples of where they may be valid, and where they may not be valid, in the situation facing Julie’s Cleaning Services.

• Fixed costs remain constant regardless of activity level
• Variable costs vary proportionately with activity
• Total costs and total revenue are linear functions of output
• There is no uncertainty

                                                 (maximum word count 300 words)

Julie is considering refining the pricing model for the carpet cleaning to allow for different sized room carpets (lower prices for smaller rooms). Describe, using a numerical example, how the calculations in part (a) will be amended to allow for this pricing model. (maximum word count 120 words)                         

Question 4

Fancy Flowers Ltd is considering how many bouquets of flowers it will need at its stall at a local arts festival that is running for a few weeks. Due to supplier issues, it must choose in advance whether to prepare 200, 300 or 400 bouquets per day. Demand for bouquets can be 200, 300 or 400 per day at the festival. Any flowers not sold on the day will have to be thrown away.

The price charged per bouquet is £20, and the variable cost is £8 per bouquet. If the demand for bouquets exceeds the number of bouquets taken to the festival, then customers will have to be turned away. Fancy Flowers Ltd estimates that if this situation arises, it would cost the company £200 in loss of goodwill, irrespective of the number of customers turned away (i.e. the loss would be £200 if 100 customers were disappointed or if 300 were disappointed).

Required:

1. Prepare a pay-off table showing the profits for Fancy Flowers Ltd at all combinations of the number of bouquets prepared and demanded in each day.

2. Showing clearly your method and calculations, recommend the number of bouquets that should be prepared in advance using the following decision-making criteria:

1. Maximax
2. Maximin
3. Minimax regret

1. Identify the additional information that would be required to calculate the expected demand for bouquets that Fancy Flowers Ltd may face each day, and describe how this calculation would be done.

2. Discuss TWO (2) benefits of the use of the expected value technique as a decision-making basis in the situation facing Fancy Flowers Ltd.

                                                       (maximum word count 140 words)

Lab 08: Finding Nemo

Youshouldturnin:1.A file named Lab08.m, and a screenshot of you running findingNemo() from thecommand line.

Instructions​:1.On Canvas you will find a file named findingNemo.m and another named nemo.txt. Thefirst contains code which will read in strings from nemo.txt, then call Lab08(string) oneach line of nemo.txt. Your job is to write Lab08.m.

2.The Lab08 function will take in a string as input and will return an integer n as output.

3.The value of n will be the nth word in the input string, where n is the location of thesubstring 'Nemo'.a.Please note that you will need to match whole words only, so 'aNemone' and'Leonard Nemoy' should not be countedb.All strings will end with punctuation, so you do not need to work out the edgecase of a string like 'I found Nemo', which could cause significant problems

4.Once the value of n has been determined (hint: count the number of spaces before theindex at which you found Nemo), use the statement fprintf('I found Nemo at word%d!\n',n); to print the results.

5.If Nemo is not in the string, instead use the statement fprintf('I couldn''t find Nemo,sorry.\n'); and set n equal to negative one.

6.If Nemo is in the string multiple times, return the location of its first appearance.

7.Please be aware that if your file and function names are not the same as those expectedin findingNemo(), or if all three files are not in the same folder, your code will not workcorrectly.

function [] = findingNemo()

fileID = fopen('nemo.txt','r');

while true

line = fgets(fileID);

if line == -1

break;

end

n = Lab08(line);

fprintf('n = %d\n',n);

end

end

The author of this assignment swears she has never seen the movie Finding Nemo.No, for real, this is totally a joke about Captain Nemo from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.Okay, fine, I've never read 20,000 Leagues. But I did see Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, which has a character named Captain Nemo.Or maybe it's NEMO: Never Eat More Oreos.I'll ask Leonard Nemoy. Or is it Nimoy?Wait, those don't match Nemo.At this point, Nemo doesn't even sound like a word anymore.I guess it's not, Nemo is a name.Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo. Nemo Nemo Nemo?Is it spelled Nemotode or Nemotoad? Oh well, let's study anemone instead.I'm thinking about making a cryptocurrency for Nebraska. What do you think of the name NEMoney?Nemo is also a town in South Dakota, evidently.Apparently NVIDIA has a toolkit for creating AI called NeMo, so that's weird.I'm running out of jokes about the name Nemo, to be honest.Let's just go watch Finding Nemo.

BSTree.java:99: error: reached end of file while parsing }

I get this error when i run this code. can someone help me out?

I can't figure out how to make this work.

public class BSTree<T extends Comparable<T>> {

private BSTreeNode<T> root = null;

// TODO: Write an addElement method that inserts generic Nodes into
// the generic tree. You will need to use a Comparable Object
public boolean isEmpty(){
return root == null;
}

public int size(){
return node;}

public void addElement(T data){
if(isEmpty()){
root = new BSTreeNode(data);
}
else{
BSTreeNode pos = root;
while(pos != null){
if(value < pos.getElement()){
if(pos.getLeft() == null){
pos.setLeft(new BSTreeNode(data));
pos = null;
}
else{
pos = pos.getLeft();
}
}
else{
if(pos.getRight() == null){
pos.setRight(new BSTreeNode(data));
pos = null;
}
else{
pos = pos.getRight();
}
}
}
}
}

// TODO: write the method printElements
// It should check that the tree isn't empty
// and prints "The Tree is empty" if it is
// otherwise prints "The Elements Inorder: "
// and calls the inorder method
public void printElements(){
if(root == null) {
System.out.println("Tree is empty");
}
else
inorder(root);
}

// TODO: write the inorder method that traverses
// the generic tree and prints the data inorder

public void inorder(BSTreeNode element){
if(element != null){
inorder(element.getLeft());
System.out.print(element.getElemnt()+ " - ");
inorder(element.getRight());
}
}

// TODO: write the findMin method that returns the
// minimum value element in the tree

public BSTreeNode findMin(){
BSTreeNode node = root;
while(node.getLeft != null){
node = node.getLeft;
}
return node;
}

// TODO: write the findMin method that returns the
// maximum value element in the tree
public BSTreeNode findMax(){
BSTreeNode node = root;
while(node.getRight != null){
node=node.getRight;}

return node;

}

public class BSTreeNode<T> {

private T element;
private BSTreeNode<T> left, right;

public BSTreeNode(T element) {
this.element = element;
this.left = null;
this.right = null;
}

public T getElement() {
return element;
}

public void setElement(T element) {
this.element = element;
}

public BSTreeNode<T> getLeft() {
return left;
}

public void setLeft(BSTreeNode<T> left) {
this.left = left;
}

public BSTreeNode<T> getRight() {
return right;
}

public void setRight(BSTreeNode<T> right) {
this.right = right;
}

}import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main {

public static void main(String[] args) {

BSTree<String> tree = new BSTree<String>();

Scanner scrn = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter the words on separate lines to insert into the tree, enter -1 to stop");

String word = scrn.nextLine();
while(!word.equals("-1")) {
tree.addElement(word);
word = scrn.nextLine();
}
System.out.println();

tree.printElements();

System.out.println("\nThe minimum element in the tree is " + tree.findMin());
System.out.println("\nThe maximum element in the tree is " + tree.findMax());

}

}

Assignment Steps

Scenario: Green Pastures is a 400-acre farm on the outskirts of the Kentucky Bluegrass, specializing in the boarding of broodmares and their foals. A recent economic downturn in the thoroughbred industry has led to a decline in breeding activities, and it has made the boarding business extremely competitive. To meet the competition, Green Pastures planned in 2017 to entertain clients, advertise more extensively, and absorb expenses formerly paid by clients such as veterinary and blacksmith fees.

The budget report for 2017 is presented as an attachment. As shown, the static income statement budget for the year is based on an expected 21,900 boarding days at $25 per mare. The variable expenses per mare per day were budgeted: feed $5, veterinary fees $3, blacksmith fees $0.25, and supplies $0.55. All other budgeted expenses were either semifixed or fixed.

During the year, management decided not to replace a worker who quit in March, but it did issue a new advertising brochure and did more entertaining of clients.

Develop a 700-to 1050-word examination of the financial statements and include the following based on the static budget report:

• What was the primary cause(s) of the loss in net income?
• Did management do a good, average, or poor job of controlling expenses?
• Were management's decisions to stay competitive sound?
• Prepare a flexible budget report for the year.
• Based on the flexible budget report:
• What was the primary cause(s) of the loss in net income?
• Did management do a good, average, or poor job of controlling expenses?
• Were management's decisions to stay competitive sound?
• What course of action do you recommend for the management of Green Pastures?

Show your work in Microsoft Word or Excel.

Complete calculations/computations using Microsoft Word or Excel.   

University of Phoenix Material                      

Green Pastures

Static Budget Income Statement

For the Year Ended December 31, 2017

Actual               Master Budget              Difference

Number of Mares                                                         52                                 60                      8 U

Number of Boarding Days                                      19,000                         21,900                 2,900 U

Sales                                                                $380,000                       $547,500           $167,500 U

Less: Variable Expenses

            Feed                                                     104,390                         109,500                 5,110 F

            Veterinary Fees                                       58,838                            65,700                 6,862 F

            Blacksmith Fees                                    4,984                                 5,475                  491 F

            Supplies                                               10,178                             12,045                 1,867 F

Total Variable Expenses                                    178,390                         192,720               14,330 F

Contribution Margin                                           201,610                         354,780            153,170 U

Less: Fixed Expenses

            Depreciation                                         40,000                             40,000            -0-

            Insurance                                              11,000                             11,000            -0-

            Utilities                                                 12,000                             14,000            2,000 F

            Repairs and Maintenance                      10,000                             11,000            1,000 F

            Labor                                                    88,000                             95,000            7,000 F

            Advertisement                                       12,000                               8,000           4,000 U

            Entertainment                                        7,000                                 5,000           2,000 U

Total Fixed Expenses                                        180,000                         184,000            4,000 F

Net Income                                                       $21,610                         $170,780           $149,170 U

C++

The Caesar cipher is one of the earliest known and simplest ciphers. It is a type of substitution cipher in which each letter in the plaintext is 'shifted' a certain number of places down the alphabet.

You are tasked to create an encryption program which takes a key word. The keyword will fill the first part of the shifted array. The remaining letters will fill the end of the array. It should look like this:

Key=”TOY

You should have an interactive menu with the following options:

1 Enter Key word //takes new key word and re-aligns shifted array

2 Encrypt message//takes a message of 140 characters and encrypts message

3 Decrypt message//takes an encrypted massage of 140 characters and decrypts it

4 Quit//exits program;

A couple tips:

Use the copy function from the <cstring> library not the <algorithm> library. If you use the algorithm library you need to make a change in visual studios precompiler settings or you will get an error. You cannot assign arrays using the ‘=’ operator; only individual indices of the array can be assigned this way.

Take one case or the other for input. All Caps or all lowercase. You can use “toupper(<char>)” to set all letters to upper case: http://cpp.sh/7gwx

/* toupper example */

#include <stdio.h>

#include <iostream>

#include <ctype.h>//for toupper

using namespace std;

int main ()

{

int i=0;

char str[]="Test String.\n";

char c;

while (str[i])

{

    c=str[i];

    str[i]=toupper(c);

    i++;

}

std::cout<<str<<endl;

return EXIT_SUCCESS;

}

When encrypting/decrypting, don’t change characters that are not in your Array set like punctuation and spaces

Memory is the ability to store and retrieve information over time and is the result of the processes of encoding, storage, and retrieval. Memory plays a role in the most mundane activities, such as remembering where the car keys are, and the most elaborate of processes, such as forming a personal identity or establishing neural connections. Memories are not passive recordings of the world, but instead result from combining incoming information with previous experiences. Encoding is the process of linking new and old information together and turning that information into lasting memories. Memory is influenced by the type of encoding we perform regardless of whether we consciously intend to remember an event, fact, or experience. Semantic encoding (actively linking incoming information to existing associations and knowledge), visual imagery encoding (converting incoming information into mental pictures), and organizational encoding (noticing relationships among items to be encoded) all enhance memory. Different regions within the frontal lobes play important roles in semantic encoding and organizational encoding, whereas the occipital lobes are important for visual imagery encoding.

Lucky Sevens Exercise

A casual glance at the world reveals that an inordinate number of things seem to conform to the 7 ± 2 rule made famous by George Miller in 1956, who found that the capacity of short-term memory was 7, plus or minus 2, chunks of information. The creations of ZIP codes, telephone numbers (with or without area code), Social Security numbers, and 5-, 7-, or 9-point Likert scales all suggest that people have difficulty keeping track of information that goes beyond 9 or so chunks, or discriminations. Furthermore, in 1961 anthropologist Anthony Wallace studied vastly different cultures ranging enormously in size and still found a striking similarity: In each case the number of dimensions needed to account for kinship terms (“aunt,” “cousin,” “father”) was relatively invariant, ranging from about 5 to 9. It seemed to Wallace that the development of language, even across cultures, obeyed the constraint found in human cognitive processing.

Looking at your current world, generate examples of people, events, or things in the word that can be packaged with this 7 (+ or – 2) range. Here are some examples to give you some ideas: lucky number 7; 7 days of the week; 7 dwarfs.

Do your examples of “set of seven” represent simple numerology and coincidence or were the examples designed specifically to better accommodate the human memory?

*** Provide information from one or more scholarly sources with an in-text citation and match referencing to support your discussion. Wikipedia is not a scholarly source. Discussion without a source will receive zero (0) point.

*** Responses to Discussion Question should be 200 words or more and substantive-this does not include assignment or references. A good practice to produce a response in Word Document to monitor word count, copy and paste into the message area. Please be sure to include proper APA in-text citation and reference for all information.