On November 14, 2019, Washington University and University of Texas A&M publicly launched their research efforts to collect information on over 10,000 dogs, (see https://dogagingproject.org/ (Links to an external site.)). The objective of this research effort is to collect data from dog owners across the USA to identify factors that may affect the life expectancy of canines. The dependent variable is ‘life expectancy of dogs as measured in years and months. The following variables were collected from dog owners:

• Breed of Dog
• Brand of food fed to dog
• Number of times dog is fed per day
• Veterinarian visits per year
• Owners median income
• Owners years of education
• Dog primarily stays outdoors or indoors.
• Marital status of owner

a. From the data collected, which variable(s) are best represented by a dummy variable(s)?

b. From the data collected, which variable is least likely to be relevant to the life expectancy of a dog and why?

c. From the data collected, which TWO variables are most likely to positively affect the life expectancy of a dog and why?

Draw the class diagram of University; University (name and location etc) is maintaining the student affairs, faculty or non-faculty record, student record, hostel management, route management etc. University has a chancellor and different departments. Faculty and non-faculty members are the part of each department. Minimum 2 or 3 attributes and operations of each class. Show the cardinality or multiplicity constraints as well.

Waterways Corporation is preparing its budget for the coming year, 2020. The first step is to plan for the first quarter of that coming year. The company has gathered information from its managers in preparation of the budgeting process.

Waterways likes to keep 10% of the next month’s unit sales in ending inventory. All sales are on account. 85% of the Accounts Receivable are collected in the month of sale, and 15% of the Accounts Receivable are collected in the month after sale. Accounts receivable on December 31, 2019, totaled $181,800.

Direct Materials

Direct materials cost 80 cents per pound. Two pounds of direct materials are required to produce each unit.

Waterways likes to keep 5% of the materials needed for the next month in its ending inventory. Raw Materials on December 31, 2019, totaled 11,370 pounds. Payment for materials is made within 15 days. 50% is paid in the month of purchase, and 50% is paid in the month after purchase. Accounts Payable on December 31, 2019, totaled $102,870.

Other Information

The Cash balance on December 31, 2019, totaled $100,000, but management has decided it would like to maintain a cash balance of at least $700,000 beginning on January 31, 2020. Dividends are paid each month at the rate of $2.30 per share for 4,910 shares outstanding. The company has an open line of credit with Romney’s Bank. The terms of the agreement requires borrowing to be in $1,000 increments at 9% interest. Waterways borrows on the first day of the month and repays on the last day of the month. A $500,000 equipment purchase is planned for February.

For the first quarter of 2020, prepare a cash budget. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 2,520.)

Waterways Corporation is preparing its budget for the coming year, 2020. The first step is to plan for the first quarter of that coming year. The company has gathered information from its managers in preparation of the budgeting process.

Waterways likes to keep 10% of the next month’s unit sales in ending inventory. All sales are on account. 85% of the Accounts Receivable are collected in the month of sale, and 15% of the Accounts Receivable are collected in the month after sale. Accounts receivable on December 31, 2019, totaled $181,800.

Direct Materials

Direct materials cost 80 cents per pound. Two pounds of direct materials are required to produce each unit.

Waterways likes to keep 5% of the materials needed for the next month in its ending inventory. Raw Materials on December 31, 2019, totaled 11,380 pounds. Payment for materials is made within 15 days. 50% is paid in the month of purchase, and 50% is paid in the month after purchase. Accounts Payable on December 31, 2019, totaled $102,875.

Other Information

The Cash balance on December 31, 2019, totaled $101,000, but management has decided it would like to maintain a cash balance of at least $800,000 beginning on January 31, 2020. Dividends are paid each month at the rate of $2.40 per share for 5,340 shares outstanding. The company has an open line of credit with Romney’s Bank. The terms of the agreement requires borrowing to be in $1,000 increments at 9% interest. Waterways borrows on the first day of the month and repays on the last day of the month. A $460,000 equipment purchase is planned for February.

For the first quarter of 2020, prepare a cash budget. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 2,520.

Another student must pass through 12 sets of traffic lights on his way to university each day. Suppose

that each of the lights is green 36% of the time, yellow 5% of the time, and red 59% of the time.

Suppose it is known that the traffic lights function independently.

(a) What is the probability that the student encounters exactly five red lights on his way to university

one day?

(b) What is the probability that the student encounters at least three green lights on his way to

university one day?

(c) In a five-day school week, what is the probability that the student encounters exactly seven yellow

lights on his way to university?

In 2005, North Inc. acquired an 80% interest in South Co. On the date of acquisition, the book values of South’s asset and liability accounts at that time were considered to be equal to their fair values. No allocations or goodwill resulted from the combination because North’s acquisition value corresponded to the underlying book value of South The following selected account balances were from the individual financial records of these two companies as of December 31, 2019: . North South Sales $ 896,000.00 $ 504,000.00 Cost of Goods Sold 406,000 276,000 Operating Expenses 210,000 147,000 Retained Earnings, 1/1/19 1,036,000 252,000 Inventory 484,000 154,000 Buildings, net 501,000 220,000 Investment income not provided North routinely transfers inventory to South. Of the inventory transferred to South, 30% remained in inventory at the end of 2018 and was sold in the following year. 33.33% of the 2019 intra entity sales remained on hand at the end of 2019 and were sold at the beginning of 2020. More date regarding the intra entity transfers for 2018-2019 are shown below: 2018 2019 North Sales Price to South 130000 165000 North's Cost of Goods Sold to South 104000 132000 Unsold Inventory at end of year 30% 33.33% For the consolidated financial statements for 2018, determine the balances that would appear for the following accounts: a) Cost of Goods Sold; b) Inventory; and c) Net income attributable to the noncontrolling interest.

1,2,3) Assume the US market of sunflower oil was described by the following domestic supply and demand equations:

QDUS = 8000 – 4 P

QSUS = -2000 + 6 P

where QDUS and QSUS represent the quantities demanded and supplied (in tons) and P is the price per ton of sunflower oil (in $).

4) Now add this information:

In 2008, China entered into the World Trade Organization and became the largest importer of US sunflower oil. Assume the Chinese import demand for sunflower oil from the US in 2008 was

QDCHINA = 20000 – 10 P

1) What was the market (equilibrium) price of sunflower oil?

2) Using your work in question 1, what was the market (equilibrium) quantity of sunflower oil?

3) Using your work in questions 1 and 2, what were revenues for the suppliers of sunflower oil?

4) Given this information, what was the new equilibrium price of sunflower oil in 2008? (Hint: what is the total demand for US sunflower oil?)

5) Given the price you calculated in the previous question, what was the equilibrium total quantity demanded?

6) Given your answers in the previous 2 questions, how much of the new equilibrium quantity was consumed in the US (i.e., US quantity demanded given the new equilibrium price)?

7) Given your answers in the previous three questions, how much sunflower oil did China purchase from US producers? (i.e., China quantity demanded)

8) Given your calculations in questions # 4 and #5, what were US sunflower oil producer revenues?

1. Identify a struggling company that could benefit from market penetration, market development, or product development. What might you advise this company’s executives to do differently?

2. Some universities have used vertical integration by creating their own publishing companies. The Harvard Business Press is perhaps the best-known example. Are there other ways that a university might vertically integrate? If so, what benefits might this create?

3. Studies have shown that executives’ pay increases when their firms gets larger. To what extent do you think executive pay plays in diversification decisions?

4. What might executives do to keep employees within dog units motivated and focused on their jobs?