Q: In a defined benefit pension plan for public employees of a state: (a) Employees work for 30 years earning wages that increase at a real rate of 1.0% per year. (b) They retire with a pension equal to 60% of their final salary. This pension decreases at the real of rate of 1% per year. (c) The pension is received for 18 years. (d) The pension fund assets earn a real rate of 2.5%.

Find the percentage of an employee's salary that must be contributed to the pension plan if it is to remain solvent.

The risk-free rate, kRF, is 6.4 percent and the market risk premium, (kM - kRF), is 5 percent. Assume that required returns are based on the CAPM. Your $1 million portfolio consists of $ 268 ,000 invested in a stock that has a beta of 1.0 and the remainder invested in a stock that has a beta of 0.9 . What is the required return on this portfolio? Enter your answer to the nearest .1%. Do not use the % sign in your answer, thus 12.1% is 12. 1 rather than 12.1 or .121.

Stocks A and B each have an expected return of 15%, a standard deviation of 20%, and a beta of 1.2. The returns on the two stocks have a correlation coefficient of -1.0. You have a portfolio that consists of 50% A and 50% B. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

Expected Return: Discrete Distribution

A stock's return has the following distribution:

Calculate the stock's expected return. Round your answer to two decimal places.
%

Calculate the standard deviation. Round your answer to two decimal places.
%

Write a VHDL code for a 4-bit comparator which takes two 4-bit input values and (0.5) determines whether the numbers are equal. 2. 2. Write a structural VHDL code to implement the circuit of Fig. 2, using the components (0.5) developed in 1.3 and 2.1. 2. 3. Write a VHDL test bench for the above and verify by simulation. (0.5) 2. 4. Implement the design in an FPGA (Note: You may need a `clock manager' to reduce (1.0) the clock frequency).

A 5.0 kg mass is initially at rest on a horizontal frictionless surface when a horizontal force along an x axis is applied to the block. The force is given by ? ⃗(?) = (6.0?2 − 2?3)?̂, where the force in in newtons, x is in meters, and the initial position of the block is x = 0. (a) What is the work done in moving the block from x = 1.0 m to x = 3.0 m? (b) What is the maximum kinetic energy of the block between x = 0.0 m and x = 3.0 m? (15 points)

If the Ksp of PbI₂ is 7.1 X 10^-9, will precipitation occur when 10 mL of 1.0 X 10^-4 M Pb(NO₃)₂ is mixed with 10 mL of 1.0X10^-3 M KI?

Will precipitation occur when 10mL of 1.0X 10^-2 M Pb(NO₃)₂ added to 10mL of 2.0 X 10^-2 M KI?

*Please show step-by-step, as I am really lost. Thank you in advance.

Below you can find a table with 5 development indicators for two (fictitious) countries A and B. In which country are the prospects for growth in GDP per capita the highest? Motivate your answer based on an analysis of these indicators.

1- A 480-V, 60-Hz, delta connected, synchronous generator has a synchronous reactance of 0.5 ohm and Its rated Line current is 100 A. if the generator is connected to a 480V grid

Draw the phasor diagram and find EA, delta angle and output power under the following conditions

a- The generator supply the rated current at 0.8 PF lagging.

b-The generator supply the rated current at 1.0 PF.

c- The generator supply the rated current at 0.8 PF leading.

In 2011-2015, mutual fund manager, Diana Sauros produced the following percentage rates of return for the Mesozoic Fund. Rates of return on the market index are given for comparison. 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Fund −1.3 +25.0 +41.0 +12.0 +0.4 Market index −1.0 +17.0 +32.0 +11.3 −0.8 Calculate (a) the average return on both the Fund and the index, and (b) the standard deviation of the returns on each. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)