What does Retention Factor (Rf) mean if its high or low?

For instance, if red dye in water has a high Rf compared to propanol and NaCl, does that mean water is the best solvent to remove red dye from clothing?

A card is drawn at random from a deck of cards. What is the probability that

(a) it is a heart, given that it is red?

(b) it is higher than a 10, given that it is a heart? (Interpret J, Q, K, A as 11, 12, 13, 14.)

(c) it is a jack, given that it is red?

Explain the reason why so many other industrialized nations provide far more social support than the US? What about when it comes to communities and families and their lack of social support compared to others? Explain thoroughly. Must be in your own words.

Your 15-year old relative, Jordan, hears you talking about resource management at a family event and asks you to explain what that means. You very kindly offer to, after the event, compile a mind map to explain the concept, and to email it to Jordan.

These post lab questions are regarding the spectroscopic determination of an equilibrium constant of an FeSCN complex where the wavelength was set at 447 nm. These are general questions about the effects on calculations each scenario would have... Sooooo

1. What would have happened to your absorbance reading and to your calculations of Keq if the spectrophotometer had been set at 520 nm rather then 447 nm? ) Clearly explain

2. How would your calculations of the concentration of FeSCN been affected if the cuvette had a 1.5 path length rather than a 1.0 cm path length you were told to use.

3. Finally, Would your equilbirium constant results been affected if you had swapped the volumes used of Fe and SCN?

Group Case Study Assignment: IKEA

(In 2-3 Pages) answer the following in relation to the company IKEA

-The company we are talking about is IKEA, also –Please cite all sources used.

-For your group assignment, I'd like you to engage in a strategic investigation of

one of the companies listed or your own selection—with instructor’s

approval. First, you will define the larger strategic context, specifically focusing

on the industry and generic strategy. Then you will identify your company’s

core competence.

Finally, you will comment on four potential strategic initiatives that you suggest

your company take to grow their business. In all instances, you will need to

USE FRAMEWORKS (the models we have studied) TO JUSTIFY

YOUR ANSWERS. As you're doing the analysis, please answer the following

questions in a clear, concise and logical approach. Remember, how you

support your answer is more important than the answer itself. Please keep in

mind that grammar and spelling are as important as your analysis.

1. Please use Porter's Five Forces framework to complete a thorough

industry analysis of your company’s industry in general. Is this

industry viable? Growing? Shrinking? Discuss. What are the

competitive forces that squeeze profitability? Second, how might

your company protect itself against those five competitive forces?

Make sure to be explicit when attending to the Five Forces.

2. Define your company’s generic strategy (Cost leadership,

Differentiator, Focused CL, Focused D, SiTM), as well as its major

competitors – who are their competitors? Then, use all components

of the Strategy DNA (OE, positioning, fit, etc.) to make the case for

how your company separates itself from the pack, given that there is

considerable overlap in the market place. BE CONCISE!

3. Next, what is your company’s Core Competence? To get to the core

competence: Begin with your company’s generic strategy, which will

influence its Value Chain. Create a value chain for your company that

reflects its generic strategy. For a model of this, take a look at the text

P71, fig 6.2, Reed’s Value Chain. Technological Development is the

third horizontal item in the Reed’s VC and it reflects Reed’s core

competence. Each item in the VC supports the generic strategy of the

company and its core competence. Keep in mind your company may

more than one core competence or like Best Buy have many with a likely

GS being SITM (in a good way in Best Buy’s case). Once you have

completed the VC, DRAW A CORE COMPETENCE TREE that covers

their End Products, the Business Units, the Core Products, and then

the Core Competence. Work from the top down to hone in on the core

competence. Make sure your tree is clean, compact, and flowing -if

something doesn't align or fit, justify for me why it doesn't. Lastly,

administer the three-part core competence test and comment in

detail on whether your company passes it. Explain why or why not?

Question 6

You are testing internal controls by testing the attributes of the population. Your in-charge accountant has directed you to use a five percent acceptable risk of assessing control risk too low (what the book shortens to ARACR). Based on a sample already drawn from the population, you estimate that the population has an exception rate of about 1.5% to 2.0%, but you are not sure what the true exception rate is; you just think that it is somewhere in that range.

After discussion with the in-charge accountant, the two of you decide that for purposes of the audit, you can tolerate an exception rate of five percent, because there are additional controls which kick in later in the process.

Required:

a. What sample size do you need?

b. If you actually find five exceptions in your test of the sample, can you conclude that there is at least a 95% probability that the true exception rate in the population is five percent or lower? Explain your answer. (Teacher's note: A simple "yes" or "no" without further explanation will receive a grade of zero. Even if your answer is correct, you will not receive credit unless you can properly explain your answer.)

You are testing internal controls by testing the attributes of the population. Your in-charge accountant has directed you to use a five percent acceptable risk of assessing control risk too low (what the book shortens to ARACR). Based on a sample already drawn from the population, you estimate that the population has an exception rate of about 1.5% to 2.0%, but you are not sure what the true exception rate is; you just think that it is somewhere in that range. After discussion with the in-charge accountant, the two of you decide that for purposes of the audit, you can tolerate an exception rate of five percent, because there are additional controls which kick in later in the process.

Required:

a. What sample size do you need?

b. If you actually find five exceptions in your test of the sample, can you conclude that there is at least a 95% probability that the true exception rate in the population is five percent or lower? Explain your answer. (Teacher's note: A simple "yes" or "no" without further explanation will receive a grade of zero. Even if your answer is correct, you will not receive credit unless you can properly explain your answer.)

For this workbook assignment, you need to create two additional problems where the government has placed price restrictions on what would otherwise be competitive markets. You must include a price ceiling and a price floor. 1. Come up with a sentence or two explaining what is happening and why the government is getting involved. Try to be original here, even though there are only so many different times we see price floors and ceilings. 2. Graph your market in the current equilibrium. Be sure you clearly label all the necessary prices and quantities on the axis. You may not use the same numbers used in the workbook, the videos, or the textbook examples. 3. Solve for original CS & PS and total market surplus. 4. Show on your graph (with a RED pencil/pen) what happens to the original CS and PS with the new price restriction (you don't need to use the letters in your example, since you can show it graphically). 5. Answer the same questions mathematically that are asked in the workbook: What are the total dollar amounts that now correspond to the New Consumer Surplus, New Producer Surplus, area that was transferred, Dead Weight Loss, and Remaining Surplus?