Geary Machine Shop is considering a four-year project to improve its production efficiency. Buying a new machine press for $691,200 is estimated to result in $230,400 in annual pretax cost savings. The press falls in the MACRS five-year class (MACRS Table), and it will have a salvage value at the end of the project of $100,800. The press also requires an initial investment in spare parts inventory of $28,800, along with an additional $4,320 in inventory for each succeeding year of the project. Required : If the shop's tax rate is 34 percent and its discount rate is 10 percent, what is the NPV for this project?

Masters Machine Shop is considering a four-year project to improve its production efficiency. Buying a new machine press for $385,000 is estimated to result in $145,000 in annual pretax cost savings. The press falls in the MACRS five-year class, and it will have a salvage value at the end of the project of $45,000. The press also requires an initial investment in spare parts inventory of $20,000, along with an additional $3,100 in inventory for each succeeding year of the project. The shop’s tax rate is 22 percent and its discount rate is 9 percent. Refer to Table 10.7. Calculate the NPV of this project.

An exercise science major wants to try to use body weight to predict how much someone can bench press. He collects the data shown below on 30 male students. Both quantities are measured in pounds.

b) Compute a 95% confidence interval for the average bench press of 150 pound males. What is the lower limit? Give your answer to two decimal places.  

c) Compute a 95% confidence interval for the average bench press of 150 pound males. What is the upper limit? Give your answer to two decimal places.  

d) Compute a 95% prediction interval for the bench press of a 150 pound male. What is the lower limit? Give your answer to two decimal places.  

e) Compute a 95% prediction interval for the bench press of a 150 pound male. What is the upper limit? Give your answer to two decimal places.  

Scenario

The Department of Technology is planning to replace the packaging machine in the graphic communication lab in the Spring of 2021. The one currently in use was purchased from ESKO in 2011 for $100,000. The installation of the machine was done by the facility department on campus with a price tag of $5,000, including the labor and all the necessary harness. The new machine to be purchased has a cutting table doubles the size of the old one, with a throughput capacity four times of the old machine.

Q1. According to the vendor, ESKO, the price for the new machine for academic usage is directly related to the machine’s throughput capacity (not its physical size). If the cost-capacity factor between 2011 and 2021 is 0.85, what will be the estimated purchase price of the new machine?

Hint. No cost indexing information is needed here as the vendor has already incorporated the time-related cost change into the price they charge for the new machine.

Q2. In order to estimate the cost of operations, the graphic communication area coordinator needs to estimate the time of usage in the class setting. If it takes 45 minutes to set up and finish cutting the first box, and the learning curve slope is 0.75 according to the past experience, how long will it take to set up and finish cutting the third box?

You have identified a novel gene that seems to be involved in heart development in flies. Describe a method we discussed this week that might allow you to identify the human homolog of this gene. (Be sure to describe HOW you would use that method.)

Humans are unable to distinguish one bitter compound from the next by bitterness alone. Using the results of the current study, provide an explanation for this phenomenon.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867400807059

The article is A Novel Family of Mammalian Taste Receptors

After watching this video that highlights Angela Duckworth's novel GRIT, The Power of Passion and Perseverance. How will your experience in this English course help anyone succeed in life, in school, and in a Business Management career, and what is the plan to grow your GRIT?

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antibodies that can bind to a range of different antigens. (ii) Explain the process of domain shuffling in

protein evolution and give an example of how this process can generate proteins with novel functio

. Carlos and Maria feel blessed and are ecstatic to have two healthy babies. Within the first hour, the babies have been cleaned and measured and their heels pricked for blood samples. These initial blood tests are to assess for PKU, TH levels, cystic fibrosis, and several other metabolic disorders. To their surprise, their new daughter tests positive for PKU. Neither carlos nor Maria have PKU. Thankfully, their son tests negative for PKU. But as they are discussing genetic testing, Maria remembers that her father was color blind. She wonders whether that means her son will also be color blind. Carlos and Maria are so happy with their new twins that they are thinking about trying to have more children, maybe in a few years. a) What is the % chance their son will also have PKU? b) It won’t be possible to determine yet, but what are the % chances that Maria and Carlos’s son will be color blind? Explain briefly your reasoning. c) Having had one boy and a girl, what are Maria and Carlo’s chances of having another boy? Will the time of fertilization influence their chances of having a boy?

7) COVARIANCE AND CORRELATION COEFFICIENT. What is covariance? How is covariance and correlation coefficients linked? How does the concept of covariance link to the Timura depiction of an efficient frontier oriented “silver bullet” In addition, draw a graphic that explains your thinking using real estate, international, private equity, venture capital, etc.