The mass percentage of hydrochloric acid within a solution is 40.00%. Given that the density of this solution is 1.200 g/mL, find the molarity of the solution.
In: Chemistry
a. The glutamate side chain has a pKa of 4.4. Calculate the percentage of glu that is unprotonated at a pH of 4.7.
In: Chemistry
In: Economics
The following data give the percentage of women working in five companies in the retail and trade industry. The percentage of management jobs held by women in each company is also shown.
| %Working | 68 | 46 | 74 | 55 | 61 |
| %Management | 50 | 22 | 66 | 47 | 33 |
Develop the estimated regression equation by computing the
values b 0 and b 1.
Enter negative values as negative numbers. Round your answer for
the intercept to one decimal place, and your answer for the slope
to two decimal places.
= + x
e. Predict the percentage of management jobs
held by women in a company that has 60% women employees. Round your
answer to a whole percentage.
%
In: Statistics and Probability
Why does the value of a share of stock depend on dividends?
A substantial percentage of the companies listed on the NYSE and the NASDAQ don’t pay dividends, but investors are nonetheless willing to buy shares in them. How is this possible with equity risk and liquidity risk?
Referring to the previous questions, under what circumstances might a company choose not to pay dividends?
In: Finance
TRUE OR FALSE Interest is stated in terms of an annual percentage rate to be applied to the face value of the loan.
The employer is required to match the amount of FICA taxes withheld for each employee, effectively doubling the amount paid into Social Security.
A contingent liability is recorded only if a loss is at least reasonably possible and the amount is reasonably estimable.
A lower current ratio or acid-test ratio generally indicates a greater ability to pay current liabilities on a timely basis.
In: Accounting
a.) What is the total percentage return for an investor who purchased a stock for $5.12, received $2.2 in dividend payments, and sold the stock for $8.3?
b.) A stock has monthly returns of 21%, -7%, 16%, and 24%. What is the stock’s geometric average return?
c.) A stock had the following annual returns: 23%, 6%, 24%, and -10%. What is the stock's expected return, variance, and standard deviation? (Show your answer to 4 decimals)
d.) A stock has an expected return of 3.8% and a standard deviation of 13.5%. What is the 68%, 95%, and 99% confidence interval for this stock?
In: Finance
What percentage of the population live in their state of birth? According to the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, the figure ranges from 25% in Nevada to 78.7% in Louisiana. The average percentage across all states and the District of Columbia is 57.7%. The data in the file Homestate are consistent with the findings in the American Community Survey. The data are for a random sample of 120 Arkansas residents and for a random sample of 180 Virginia residents.
Click on the datafile logo to reference the data.
| (a) | Choose the hypotheses that can be used to determine whether the percentage of stay-at-home residents in the two states differs from the overall average of 57.7%. | ||||
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| (b) | Estimate the proportion of stay-at-home residents in Arkansas. If required, round your answer to four decimal places. | ||||
| Does this proportion differ significantly from the mean proportion for all states? Use α = 0.05. | |||||
| The input in the box below will not be graded, but may be reviewed and considered by your instructor. | |||||
| (c) | Estimate the proportion of stay-at-home residents in Virginia. If required, round your answer to four decimal places. | ||||
| Does this proportion differ significantly from the mean proportion for all states? Use α = 0.05. | |||||
| The input in the box below will not be graded, but may be reviewed and considered by your instructor. | |||||
| (d) | Would you expect the proportion of stay-at-home residents to be higher in Virginia than in Arkansas? | ||||
| - Select your answer -YesNoItem 7 | |||||
| Support your conclusion with the results obtained in parts (b) and (c). | |||||
| The input in the box below will not be graded, but may be reviewed and considered by your instructor. | |||||
In: Statistics and Probability
Effects of Ageism
Due to the increasing percentage of older adult clients in the U.S., it is imperative that healthcare providers assess and confront their own attitudes and perceptions toward older adults.
In your initial post, address the following:
In: Nursing
a. Explain why the rising percentage of passive investments in
the stock market (Index funds and ETFs) will decrease
market efficiency. Explain market efficiency first then
answer the question.
b. You are investing in an ETF that tracks the US stock
market, what would you recommend doing in a down cycle
and why?
c) Explain why active bond investments would outperform
passive ones (bond index funds and bond ETFs)?
In: Finance