In: Finance
A statistician wishes to determine whether
current unemployment rates differ between Urban and Rural areas of
the United States. A sample of ten states each was randomly chosen
from all 50 states. The data are as follows: Urban:
23%, 13%, 33%, 21%, 17%, 24%, 12%, 18%, 27%, 16% Rural: 12%,
8%, 9%, 14%, 7%, 8%, 10%, 11%, 12%, 7% Are the mean
percentages significantly different? And
what are the degrees of freedom?
a. yes, at p < .05
b. yes, at p < .01
c. yes, at p < .001
d. no, at p > .05
In: Math
Postfix Arithmetic Operation (C++) Friday, 27 September 2019, 04:21 PM Use stack to implement postfix arithmetic operation. Input Many test cases until EOF. Each line is a postfix arithmetic operation formula. There is no blank between the numbers, and the number only is 0-9. Output The result of each line. But if the postfix arithmetic operation formula is wrong (it means you can't get the correct answer), please output "Input Error". Sample Input 35+ 3+5 63/14-*3+8- Sample Output 8 Input Error -11.
In: Computer Science
Q1. (a) Sudajaya Berhad is contemplating making several changes
in its working
capital management. Firstly, Sudajaya Berhad is considering the
change of its
current ordering policy to the economic order quantity model (EOQ).
The
demand for its products is forecasted to be 160,000 units in the
coming year
and it has traditionally ordered 10% of its annual demand per
order. The
ordering cost is expected to be RM400 per order while the holding
cost is
expected to be RM5.12 per unit per year. A buffer inventory of
5,000 units
will be maintained, whether orders are made by the traditional
method or the
EOQ model. Secondly, on its receivables management, Sudajaya Berhad
is
evaluating the introduction of an early settlement discount of 2%
for
customers who pay within 30 days with a maximum average payment
period
of 60 days for credit customers who do not take up the discount. It
is expected
that 25% of credit customers will take up the discount if it were
offered.
Moreover, it is forecasted that administration and operating cost
savings of
RM753,000 per year will be made after improving operational
procedures and
introducing the early settlement discount. Credit sales of Sudajaya
Berhad are
currently RM87.6 million per year and trade receivables are
currently RM18
million. Credit sales are not expected to change as a result of the
changes in
receivables management. The company has a cost of short-term
finance of
5.5% per year.
Required:
(i) Compare and contrast the cost of the current ordering policy
and the
cost of the proposed ordering policy using the EOQ model.
Appraise
whether the EOQ model should be adopted.
(ii) Evaluate the feasibility of the proposed changes in
receivables
management. Assuming that only 25% of customers take up the
early
settlement discount, determine the maximum early settlement
discount
that could be offered.
(b) Working capital management inadvertently involves trade-off
between
profitability and liquidity. Justify why striking a balance between
profitability
and liquidity is crucial in managing an efficient working capital.
In: Finance
Consider the following data for Nike Inc.: In 2009 it had $ 19 comma 150 million in sales with a 10% growth rate in 2010, but then slows by 1 % to the long-run growth rate of 5% by 2015. Nike expects EBIT to be 10% of sales, increases in net working capital requirements to be 10% of any increases in sales, and capital expenditures to equal depreciation expenses. Nike also has $2 comma 300 million in cash, $32 million in debt, 486 million shares outstanding, a tax rate of 24%, and a weighted average cost of capital of 10%. a. Suppose you believe Nike's initial revenue growth rate will be between 7 % and 11 % (with growth slowing linearly to 5% by year 2015). What range of prices for Nike stock is consistent with these forecasts? b. Suppose you believe Nike's initial revenue EBIT margin will be between 9 % and 11 % of sales. What range of prices for Nike stock is consistent with these forecasts? c. Suppose you believe Nike's weighted average cost of capital is between 9.5% and 12%. What range of prices for Nike stock is consistent with these forecasts? d. What range of stock prices is consistent if you vary the estimates as in parts (a), (b), and (c) simultaneously?
In: Accounting
Duncan’s Pizzas is a chain of pizza stores. Pizzas are made fresh in-store, and then delivered to customers by a fleet of drivers. The senior management team has identified the strategic priorities for the business as on-time delivery and product quality.
Required: a) For each of the strategic priorities, suggest and explain three performance measures.
b) If the company is successful in achieving challenging targets for these performance measures, will it also necessarily achieve high profitability? Explain your answer. (400 words)
In: Accounting
AllElectronics carries 1000 products, P1, . . . , P1000.
Consider customers Ada, Bob, and Cathy such that Ada and Bob purchase three products in common, P1, P2, and P3. For the other 997 products, Ada and Bob independently purchase seven of them randomly.
Cathy purchases 10 products, randomly selected from the 1000 products.
- In Euclidean distance, what is the probability that dist(Ada,Bob) > dist(Ada,Cathy)?
- What if Jaccard similarity is used?
In: Advanced Math
Donna runs an inn and charges $300 a night for a room, which equals her cost. Sam, Harry, and Bill are three potential customers willing to pay $500, $325, and $250, respectively. When the government levies a tax on innkeepers of $50 per night of occupancy, Donna raises her price to $350. The deadweight loss of the tax is
a. $25
b. $50
c.$100
d.$150
Please include your calculations. Thanks!
In: Economics
In 250 to 300 words using two to three paragraphs, describe the how the Utilitarian principle of what is useful for the greatest number plays a role in business decision making. Are most business decisions utilitarian? What other principles (moral or legal duties; or, being a good person) set limits on what is otherwise permissible on utilitarian grounds? For example, can businesses lie to their customers?
Be sure to cite any works (text, video, or website) referenced!
In: Accounting
A small business owner visits his bank to ask for a loan. The owner states that he can repay a loan at $2,200 per month for the next three years and then $1,200 per month for two years after that. If the bank is charging customers 10.25 percent APR, how much would it be willing to lend the business owner? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places.) What is the present value?
In: Finance