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Green-Log Manufacturing

Capital Budgeting Analysis

In 1997 Michelle Green started Green-Log Manufacturing, a company dedicated to manufacturing environmental friendly man made logs that can be burned in fire places, fire pits in the backyard, and when camping. The logs are made from environmental friendly products like cardboard and clean wax and emit fewer greenhouse gases and less harsh chemicals. The logs come in three pound and five pound sizes. Green-logs are also available with citronella to ward off mosquitos. The Green-Logs have been well received. Revenue and profits have grown steadily.

Based on the recommendation from her sales and marketing department Ms. Green is considering adding a new product line of Green-Log fire starters. These fire starters would be ideal for the outdoor market of camping, fishing, backpacking, and tailgating. Ms. Green has asked her sales and marketing team to come up with a sales forecast for units and pricing. She has also asked her manufacturing team to come up with alternatives for the production of the fire starters including what equipment is needed and what the projected costs would be.

The sales and marketing team hired Smith and Smith Consulting to conduct a market survey. The total cost for this consulting was $32,500. Based on the survey and their own experience the sales and marketing has provided a sales forecast. The suggested price of the fire starter is $2.50 per starter and they would be sold as a four pack for $10.00. The unit sales forecast is 20,000 4-packs in year 1, 45,000 in year 2, 60,000 in year 3, 75,000 in year 4, and then increasing by 5,000 each year thereafter. Sales and marketing expenses are expected to be 10% of total revenue.

The production team forecasts that the fixed costs needed for the fire starter production line will be $90,000 per year. Variable costs for materials (cardboard, wood shavings, wax, packaging, etc.) will be $0.85 per unit or $3.40 per four pack. The labor and maintenance costs will vary based on what equipment will be purchased.

There are two brands of equipment that will do the job; The ABC brand and the XYZ brand.

The ABC brand is more expensive, but higher quality and more efficient. It will cost $525,000 plus an additional $30,000 for shipping and installation. The equipment would be depreciated to zero over 5 years using straight line depreciation. It is expected that the equipment would last for 8 years and would be sold then for $55,000. Maintenance of the ABC equipment would cost $5,000 per year but every 3 years the equipment would need an overhaul that would increase the cost to $75,000 for that year. Since the ABC equipment is more efficient the variable labor cost would be $0.60 per four pack.

The XYZ brand is less expensive. It will cost $395,000 plus an additional $40,000 for shipping and installation. The equipment would be depreciated to zero over 5 years using straight line depreciation. It is expected that the equipment would last for 8 years and would be sold then for $35,000. Maintenance of the ABC equipment would cost $10,000 per year but every 3 years the equipment would need an overhaul that would increase the cost to $85,000 for that year. The variable labor cost with the XYZ brand equipment would be $0.80 per four pack.

The increase in working capital (accounts receivable and inventory) is expected to be $60,000 at the beginning of the project and will be the same for both machines. The company’s cost of capital is 14% and its tax rate is 40%. Since her production team believes that both brands of equipment will last for eight years Michelle wants this analyzed as an eight year project.

Michelle has always believed in buying quality so she is leaning towards the ABC brand equipment. But after hearing that you have learned about capital budgeting in your Finance class at UVU she wants to take advantage of your expertise. Michelle has asked you to analyze her choices and give her some advice on which option would provide the best financial outcome for Green-Log Manufacturing.

Prepare an analysis and professional report for Michelle. The report should be professionally written and include a two page letter, plus attached schedules. The letter should explain what analytical techniques you are using, why you are using those techniques, what the results show, what you would recommend to Michelle and why. Make sure that the letter is well organized and professionally written. Also make sure that the letter includes the following:

1.         The cash flows associated with the different equipment brands for each year of the           project.

2.         The PB period, Discounted PB, IRR, and NPV for the two alternatives.

3.         Your recommendation of which brand of equipment should be purchased.

4.         Attach to your letter schedules that show your analysis and your work.

            Please submit files. A Word file with your letter and an Excel file with your analysis.

In 1997 Michelle Green started Green-Log Manufacturing, a company dedicated to manufacturing environmental friendly man made logs that can be burned in fire places, fire pits in the backyard, and when camping. The logs are made from environmental friendly products like cardboard and clean wax and emit fewer greenhouse gases and less harsh chemicals. The logs come in three pound and five pound sizes. Green-logs are also available with citronella to ward off mosquitos. The Green-Logs have been well received. Revenue and profits have grown steadily.

Based on the recommendation from her sales and marketing department Ms. Green is considering adding a new product line of Green-Log fire starters. These fire starters would be ideal for the outdoor market of camping, fishing, backpacking, and tailgating. Ms. Green has asked her sales and marketing team to come up with a sales forecast for units and pricing. She has also asked her manufacturing team to come up with alternatives for the production of the fire starters including what equipment is needed and what the projected costs would be.

The sales and marketing team hired Smith and Smith Consulting to conduct a market survey. The total cost for this consulting was $32,500. Based on the survey and their own experience the sales and marketing has provided a sales forecast. The suggested price of the fire starter is $2.50 per starter and they would be sold as a four pack for $10.00. The unit sales forecast is 20,000 4-packs in year 1, 45,000 in year 2, 60,000 in year 3, 75,000 in year 4, and then increasing by 5,000 each year thereafter. Sales and marketing expenses are expected to be 10% of total revenue.

The production team forecasts that the fixed costs needed for the fire starter production line will be $90,000 per year. Variable costs for materials (cardboard, wood shavings, wax, packaging, etc.) will be $0.85 per unit or $3.40 per four pack. The labor and maintenance costs will vary based on what equipment will be purchased.

There are two brands of equipment that will do the job; The ABC brand and the XYZ brand. The ABC brand is more expensive, but higher quality and more efficient. It will cost $525,000 plus an additional $30,000 for shipping and installation. The equipment would be depreciated to zero over 5 years using straight line depreciation. It is expected that the equipment would last for 8 years and would be sold then for $55,000. Maintenance of the ABC equipment would cost $5,000 per year but every 3 years the equipment would need an overhaul that would increase the cost to $75,000 for that year. Since the ABC equipment is more efficient the variable labor cost would be $0.60 per four pack.

The XYZ brand is less expensive. It will cost $395,000 plus an additional $40,000 for shipping and installation. The equipment would be depreciated to zero over 5 years using straight line depreciation. It is expected that the equipment would last for 8 years and would be sold then for $35,000. Maintenance of the ABC equipment would cost $10,000 per year but every 3 years the equipment would need an overhaul that would increase the cost to $85,000 for that year. The variable labor cost with the XYZ brand equipment would be $0.80 per four pack. The increase in working capital (accounts receivable and inventory) is expected to be $60,000 at the beginning of the project and will be the same for both machines. The company’s cost of capital is 14% and its tax rate is 40%. Since her production team believes that both brands of equipment will last for eight years Michelle wants this analyzed as an eight year project.

Michelle has always believed in buying quality so she is leaning towards the ABC brand equipment. But after hearing that you have learned about capital budgeting in your Finance class at UVU she wants to take advantage of your expertise. Michelle has asked you to analyze her choices and give her some advice on which option would provide the best financial outcome for Green-Log Manufacturing.

Prepare an analysis and professional report for Michelle. The report should be professionally written and include a two page letter, plus attached schedules. The letter should explain what analytical techniques you are using, why you are using those techniques, what the results show, what you would recommend to Michelle and why. Make sure that the letter is well organized and professionally written. Also make sure that the letter includes the following:

1. The cash flows associated with the different equipment brands for each year of the project.

2. The PB period, Discounted PB, IRR, and NPV for the two alternatives.

3. Your recommendation of which brand of equipment should be purchased.

4. Attach to your letter schedules that show your analysis and your work. Please submit files. A Word file with your letter and an Excel file with your analysis.

In many workplaces ranging from Fortune 500 to small enterprises, workplace communication takes place over instant messaging. The leading platform in this space is Slack, a cloud-based team collaboration tool. Messages are organized by private and public channels and users can chat, share documents, browse through past messages, and collaborate with each other. Slack is solidifying the role of instant messages in the workplace and even if you end up in a company that does not use Slack, it is likely that you will end up using one of its competitors.

Slack has an interesting founding story: Stewart Butterfield, who is also a co-founder of the image hosting service Flickr, founded the video game company Tiny Speck and released the game Glitch in 2011. As part of their game development process, the company also built a team communication platform, allowing software developers to communicate with each other while building Glitch. Glitch was shut down after a year, but the company devoted itself to the full-scale development of their communication tool, which resulted in Slack. Through word of mouth, Slack acquired 16,000 users in its beta stage, and the product was fully released in 2014. Four years later, the company boasts 50,000 companies and 6 million users. The company expects to surpass e-mail use in the workplace by 2025.

Using instant messaging organized by private and public channels is changing how people communicate in the workplace, sometimes for the better, and sometimes for the worse. On the upside, Slack often receives feedback from users who identify as shy and introverted, stating that this tool allows them to participate more in team conversations. Anna Pickard, Creative Director of Voice and Tone, at Slack, also observes that messaging makes communication more humane and natural. Communication no longer takes place between small groups of people over e-mail. Instead, it occurs in channels that are searchable and are organized by team or topic. People can reach out to and connect with people they would not otherwise. Many companies have an "ask me anything" channel where employees may post messages and high-level managers may answer, resulting in greater transparency and accessibility to upper management, helping to create a sense of belonging.

At the same time, technology sometimes amplifies communication problems that also occur in person, and creates new ones of its own. If you have ever written a chat message and instantly regretted it, you can imagine the problems that may occur at scale in the workplace. The instantaneous nature of chat can make people less deliberate and careful about their messages. There are also examples of private feedback given in an open channel, resulting in a public shaming of an employee. Slack conversations, even if they are in private channels, can be read by the employer, and may result in adverse employment actions against the employee. There is no "forward" button on instant messages, but it is all too easy to take a screen shot of the conversation and share with others, resulting in Slack leaks, similar to e-mail leaks. Additionally, there is also user error—in e-mail it is relatively easy to find out who the recipients of the e-mail are, but on Slack, people may pay less attention to who is on that channel, and others may join the channel at a later point, suggesting that the audience for the posts will evolve and can grow over time. People may confuse which channel they are on, and post messages intended for a small group to a broad audience.

As Slack grows, it develops its own etiquette. For example, hitting "enter" after every sentence is often mentioned as a no-no, and a pet peeve of heavy users. Senders are expected to complete their message and then hit enter in one go. Other habits may result in productivity losses—spending time in private chats as opposed to working is one way in which Slack and tools like it may result in productivity losses. One company banned the use of Slack during meetings, as people were having back-channel conversations during the meeting, which was distracting and affecting engagement in the meeting. How these tools are used are shaped by the office culture, and in turn will have an impact on communication culture in the workplace.

1. If you were to create a social media policy including Slack, what types of rules would you include and why?  

2. What types of messages do you believe are appropriate to communicate via Slack? For what type of communication is this tool less useful?

3. What type of communication barriers exist when workplace communication takes place over Slack and similar sources?

4. What are the implications of Slack and similar communication tools in affecting the sense of belonging that employees experience in the workplace?

5. Based on reading this case and your general experience with similar tools, what advice would you give to an employee who will start working in a company using Slack?

1. Include the bold headings below.
2. Summary: Provide a brief summary listing the key facts in the case.
3. Case Discussion Questions: Include each question before your response. Write a detailed and researched reply to each of the Case Discussion Questions found at the end of the case study.
4. Conclusion: Write a conclusion and include a separate reference page.

Can anyone help on this?.Thanks.

DIFFERENT NUMBERS ARE INVOLVED, NOT THE SAME AS THE SIMILAR PROJECT Q/A TO THIS.

**VERY IMPORTANT**

1. JOURNALIZE and make a T-Chart Account
2. MAKE an Adjusting Entries Statement
3. MAKE an Income Statement (Multi-step income statement)
4. MAKE a Balance Sheet (current asset and non-current assets)
5. MAKE a Retained earnings statement
6. MAKE a Closing Entries statement
7. SHOW ALL FORMULAS FOR EVERYTHING CALCULATED

**VERY IMPORTANT**

Accounting Cycle Project

Transaction Practice Set – SUNG Co.

                                          ACC5100 – Winter 2019 – Prof. Chung                                         

You have been hired as an accountant for SUNG Co., a corporation performing diverse consulting services in Detroit, Michigan. SUNG Co. prepares financial statements on monthly bases.

Project Scope: You are to record the transactions for December, prepare the monthly adjustments, and prepare the financial statements using the Excel workbook provided. Then you will close the fiscal year and prepare the books for next year.

Directions: The assignment encompasses two files: Directions and Transactions (this Word document) and Forms (a separate Excel workbook). Your solution should be worked in Excel and the completed Excel workbook submitted for grading.

You should use Excel formula where appropriate and cell references to carry forward values and numbers between worksheets within the workbook. Simply typing values in Excel will result in a reduced score, even if the correct solution is provided. You should use formula wherever possible.

1. Analyze the narrative to prepare and record the transactions for December to the General Journal.
2. Post the journal entries to ledger accounts using T-accounts (Don’t forget the opening balances from the information given on the post-closing trial balance on Nov. 30th.)
3. Prepare Income Statement and the Retained Earnings Statement for the month ended December 31, 2018 and Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2018 in good forms. Use the multi-step format for the Income Statement.
4. Close the temporary accounts, posting any net income or loss to retained earnings.

Due Date: Apr. 24^th, 2019.

Transactions in December 2018:

* Additional information

1. Ignore tax effect.
2. Salaries expenses incurred but not paid prior to Dec. 31^st totaled $10,500.
3. The company received the bill for utility services (electricity) that the firm used during December in the amount of $6,000. The company will pay the bill in Jan. 2018.
4. $3,000 of supplies remained at the end of December.
5. The company use the “Allowance” method for possible accounts receivable write-offs in the future and estimated that 5% of the outstanding account receivable will not be collected.
6. The equipment purchased on Dec. 1^st depreciates $200 per month.
7. The common stock price of ABC Corporation on December 31st is still $ 20 per share.

Program Behavior

This program will analyze real estate sales data stored in an input file. Each run of the program should analyze one file of data. The name of the input file should be read from the user.

Here is a sample run of the program as seen in the console window. User input is shown in blue:

Let's analyze those sales!

Enter the name of the file to process? sales.txt

Number of sales: 6

Total: 2176970

Average: 362828

Largest sale: Joseph Miller 610300

Smallest sale: Franklin Smith 199200

Now go sell some more houses!

Your program should conform to the prompts and behavior displayed above. Include blank lines in the output as shown.

Each line of the data file analyzed will contain the buyer's last name, the buyer's first name, and the sale price, in that order and separated by spaces. You can assume that the data file requested will exist and be in the proper format.

The data file analyzed in that example contains this data:

Cochran Daniel 274000
Smith Franklin 199200
Espinoza Miguel 252000
Miller Joseph 610300
Green Cynthia 482370
Nguyen Eric 359100

You can download that sample data file here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bkW8HAvPtU5lmFAbLAJQfOLS5bFEBwf6/view?usp=sharing to test your program, but your program should process any data file with a similar structure. The input file may be of any length and have any filename. You should test your program with at least one other data file that you make.

Note that the average is printed as an integer, truncating any fractional part.

Your program should include the following functions:

read_data - This function should accept a string parameter representing the input file name to process and return a list containing the data from the file. Each element in the list should itself be a list representing one sale. Each element should contain the first name, last name, and purchase price in that order (note that the first and last names are switched compared to the input file). For the example given above, the list returned by the read_data function would be:

[['Daniel', 'Cochran', 274000], ['Franklin', 'Smith', 199200], ['Miguel', 'Espinoza', 252000], ['Joseph', 'Miller', 610300], ['Cynthia', 'Green', 482370], ['Eric', 'Nguyen', 359100]]

Use a with statement and for statement to process the input file as described in the textbook.

compute_sum - This function should accept the list of sales (produced by the read_data function) as a parameter, and return a sum of all sales represented in the list.

compute_avg - This function should accept the list of sales as a parameter and return the average of all sales represented in the list. Call the compute_sum function to help with this process.

get_largest_sale - This function should accept the list of sales as a parameter and return the entry in the list with the largest sale price. For the example above, the return value would be ['Joseph', 'Miller', 610300].

get_smallest_sale - Like get_largest_sale, but returns the entry with the smallest sale price. For the example above, the return value would be ['Franklin', 'Smith', 199200].

Do NOT attempt to use the built-in functions sum, min, or max in your program. Given the structure of the data, they are not helpful in this situation.

main - This function represents the main program, which reads the file name to process from the user and, with the assistance of the other functions, produces all output. For this project, do not print output in any function other than main.

Other than the definitions of the functions described above, the only code in the module should be the following, at the end of the file:

if __name__ == '__main__':
main()

That if statement keeps your program from being run when it is initially imported into the Web-CAT test environment. But your program will run as normal in Thonny. Note that there are two underscore characters before and after name and main.

Include an appropriate docstring comment below each function header describing the function.

Do NOT use techniques or code libraries that have not been covered in this course.

Include additional hashtag comments to your program as needed to explain specific processing.

A Word about List Access

A list that contains lists as elements operates the same way that any other lists do. Just remember that each element is itself a list. Here's a list containing three elements. Each element is a list containing integers as elements:

my_list = [[1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 7, 8], [9, 10, 11, 12]]

So my_list[0] is the list [1, 2, 3, 4] and my_list[2] is [9, 10, 11, 12].

Since my_list[2] is a list, you could use an index to get to a particular value. For instance, my_list[2][1] is the integer value 10 (the second value in the third list in my_list).

In this project, the sales list is a list of lists. When needed, you can access a particular value (first name, last name, or sales price) from a particular element in the sales list.

C++
Given Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
//declare variables to store user input

bool cont = true;

//implement a loop so that it will continue asking until the user provides a positive integer
// the following provides ONLY part of the loop body, which you should complete
{
cout <<"How many words are in your message? \n";
cout <<"Enter value: ";

// get user input integer here
  
cout <<"\nInvalid value. Please Re-enter a number of positive value\n";

}

//declare a dynamic array of string type with the specified number of elements

  
  
//
while(cont)
{
cout <<"\nSelect one of these options: (1) Get Message (2) Encrypt (3) Print (4) Quit";
cout <<"\nSelection: ";

// obtain user input option (an integer)

// based on the input the program will perform one of the following operations using switch statement
switch(selection)
{
case 1://Get Message

// Get the specified number of words from the user

break;

case 2: //Encrypt

// Based on the shifting encryption strategy described above, encrypt the individual words
// Be careful about the difference between the lower case letters and upper case letters
  
break;

case 3: //Print

// Print out the encrypted words

break;

case 4:
cont = false;
break;

default:
break;
}
}
  
// Remember to release the memory you allocate above!!
  
return 0;

}

Encryption using Pointers and Dynamic Arrays

Objective:

Agent James Vond, one of our secret agents, Agent 008, has recently been captured in the Caribbean. We have been able to establish contact with him, but need help sending him messages in secret to let him know help is on the way. We believe we can send him messages using a Caesar Cipher, but need your help encoding it. Agent Vond, we task you with encrypting the message and helping Agent 008 escape the Caribbean

Sincerely, M.

Assignment:

The Caesar Cipher technique is one of the earliest and simplest method of encryption. It’s a substitution cipher, i.e., each letter of a given text is replaced by a letter some fixed number of positions down the alphabet. For example with a shift of 1, A would be replaced by B, B would become C, and so on.

The encryption equation is E(x) = (x + n) % 26.

The x = the numeric letter value, n = number of shifts, and (% 26) is so that whatever value your result is, it will stay within the alphabet range (0-25).

However, since we will be looking at characters in strings, you need to implement ASCII code so that your equation will look more like:

letter = ( ( (letter - 'A') + shift ) % 26 + 'A')) if it is upper case

Or

letter = ( ( (letter - 'a') + shift ) % 26 + 'a' ) ) if it is lower case.

You subtract 'A' and 'a' in order to get the value of the letter. In ASCII code, letters are assigned values. For example, 'B' is 66. If I subtract the value of 'A' (65) then I get 1. This helps me encode because I can get the values 0-25 for each letter.

Your assignment is to implement a dynamic string array in order to store a message of variable length, and then a pointer to iterate through each letter of the string in order to encrypt it using the equations given above.

You will need to ask the user for the amount of words in the message and then create your dynamic array that way. If the amount of words is a negative number or equal to zero you should output to the screen "Invalid value. Please Re-enter a number of positive value" until they have the correct input.

Get Message

Use cin to get each word the user wishes to put into the message.

After they have input all the strings required, ask for the number of letter shifts they would like to do

Encrypt

Encrypt each letter in each string using the equations provided above if the getMessage pointer isn't null (aka if Get Message option has already been called)

Print Message

Print out the encrypted or unencrypted message

Quit

Simply quits out of the loop

Input:

You many assume that the input to be encrypted will only consist of capital and lower letters, and no other symbols such as white spaces, numbers, or special characters will have to be encrypted.

In order to choose the different options you will take an integer value as input. 1 is for Get Message, 2 is for Encrypt, 3 is for Print, 4 is for Quit

Requirements:

• Use a dynamic array to store a message of variable length (not using dynamic array will receive 50% penalty)

• Use a pointer to iterate through each string and encrypt it

• Do not allow for number of letter shifts to be > 26 (Must be in the range of 0-25 aka the range of 26) [Ex: If I give you 27, your shift should end up being 1] [Hint: %]

• Do not expect int to hold all possible values when I input the value of shift, test very large numbers

• Print out your message using pointer arithmetic (ex: *p; p++;)

• DO NOT iterate through your pointer like an array when printing!!

QUESTION 1

ENG 190W                                        QUIZ #1 (revised)

Part I (5 points)

Concisely define FIVE of the following literary terms in your own words.  Provide one example of each term from any work of literature we have read so far.

1.Denouement

    Definition –denouement is the final outcome of the story, generally occurring after the climax of the plot

    Example:

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. Dynamic Character

     Definition –a literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude

    Example:

………………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. Flashback

    Definition –a literary device wherein the author depicts the occurrence of specific events to the reader, which have taken place before the present time the narration is following, or events that have happened before the events that are currently unfolding in the story

    Example:

……………………………………………………………………………………………………..

4. Innocent (Naïve) Narrator

    Definition –A naive narrator is a narrator who is unreliable becuase they are inexperienced orinnocent, and do not understand the implications of their story

    Example:

………………………………………………………………………………………………………

5. Omniscient Narrator

    Definition –a literary technique of writing a narrative in third person, in which the narrator knows the feelings and thoughts of every character in the story

    Example:

................................................................................................................................................................................
6. Symbolism

      Definition-A figure of speech where an object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning. The actions of a character, word, action, or event that have a deeper meaning in the context of the whole story

      Example:     

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

7. Irony

     Definition- a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. It may also be a situation that ends up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated.

     Example:

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Part II      (5 points)

  A.     Briefly explain how the title of a story can contribute to its plot, or characters, or theme.

           Refer to two stories read so far with text-based examples. 2.5  

                                                                AND

B.      Style is sometimes an elusive element in literature; yet style is often the defining aspect of a story. All authors use common literary techniques to achieve their effect, but they all seem to use them in unique ways. Discuss briefly how either , Kate Chopin in “Story of an Hour” or Ernest Hemingway in “Hills Like White Elephants” put her/his stamp or style on the story. 2.5

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Part III   (Do A and B)

A.   Match the following literary terms/technique to the story quotes they embody or exemplify:

          (5 points)

Epiphany                  c.Internal or psychological conflict     e. Characterization

Theme                      d. Foreshadowing                 

(If you feel you could match 2 terms to a quote, do so, but briefly justify your response either right on the page or in the area for comments..

_____   “And Dee. I see her standing off under the sweet gum tree…as she watched the last dingy gray board of the house fall in toward the red-hot brick chimney. Why don’t you do a dance around the ashes? I’d wanted to ask her”… “This house is in a pasture too, like the other one. No doubt when Dee sees it she will want to tear it down”     ( Walker’s “Everyday Use” )

______ ”When he came home, though, Henry was very different, and I’ll say this: the change was no good…he was quiet, so quiet, and never comfortable sitting still anywhere but always up and moving around”.   ( Erdrich’s “ The Red Convertible” )

______ ”Once…a nun from my school came by…’You live there?’ ‘There’…The way she said it made me feel like nothing…I knew then I had to have a house. A real house”.     ( “House on Mango Street”

______ “ It seemed gloomy in the little cove in which she found herself. The air was damp, the silence close and deep”.   (Walker’s “The Flowers”)

______ ” In New York…the natives were unfriendly, the country inhospitable, so I took root in the language… When I was done, I read over my words, and my eyes filled. I finally sounded like myself in English.” (Alvarez, “Daughter of Invention”)

B  III Match the following literary techniques with the story quotes:

a.         Allusion                                            c. Dramatic Irony              e. Situational Irony                

b.      Setting as place                                d. Symbolism

1.______ ‘“They look like white elephants, she said.” (“Hills Like White Elephants)

2.______”That Sunday evening, I was reading some poetry to get myself inspired: Whitman in an old book with an engraved cover…” (Alvarez “Daughter of Invention”)

3. _____ “ It was Brently Mallard who entered…But Richards was too late. When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease-of a joy that kills”.    (Chopin, “The Story of an Hour”)

4. _____ “The hills across the valley of the Ebro were long and while. On this side there was no shade, and no tree and the station was between two lines of rails in the sun”. (Hemingway “Hills Like White Elephants”)

5._______ “Can I have these old quilts”? (Dee)

Write a C++ program that will require users to enter an automobile VIN number and you will check certain aspects: The VIN number must be 17 characters exactly in length The VIN number may contain only letters and numbers The first character is the location of manufacture; we will check for this to be 1 to 5 (made in North America). The 10th character indicates the manufacture year. We will check for this being a letter between A and I (years 2010 to 2018)

Deliverables: Word document with copy of code and screenprints of all test runs.

C++
1. Modify the code from your HW2 as follows:
 Your triangle functions will now return a string object. This string will contain the identification of the triangle as one of the following (with a potential prefix of the word “Right ”):
Not a triangle
 Scalene triangle
 Isosceles triangle
 Equilateral triangle

 2. All output to cout will be moved from the triangle functions to the main function.
 3. The triangle functions are still responsible for rearranging the values such that c is at least as large as the other two sides. 
4. Please run your program with all of your test cases from HW2. The results should be identical to that from HW2. You must supply a listing of your program and sample output





CODE right now 
#include <cstdlib>  //for exit, atoi, atof
#include <iostream> //for cout and cerr
#include <iomanip>  //for i/o manipulation
#include <cstring>  //for strcmp
#include <cmath>    //for fabs

using namespace std;

//triangle function
void triangle(int a, int b, int c)
{
  if (a + b <= c || a + c <= b || b + c <= a) //conditions for an invalid triangle
    cout << a << " " << b << " " << c << " "
         << "Not a triangle";
  else //if above returned false, then it is a valid triangle
  {
    int temp;

    cout << a << " " << b << " " << c << " "; //print the side values

    //logic to find out the largest value and store it to c.
    if (a > b && a > c)
    {
      temp = a;
      a = c;
      c = temp;
    }
    else if (b > a && b > c)
    {
      temp = b;
      b = c;
      c = temp;
    }

    if (a == b && b == c) //condition for equilateral triangle
    {
      cout << "Equilateral triangle";
      return;
    }

    else if (a * a == b * b + c * c ||
             b * b == c * c + a * a ||
             c * c == a * a + b * b) //condition for right triangle i.e. pythagoras theorem
      cout << "Right ";

    if (a == b || b == c || a == c) //condition for Isosceles triangle
      cout << "Isosceles triangle";
    else //if both the above ifs failed, then it is a scalene triangle
      cout << "Scalene triangle";
  }
}

//overloaded triangle function
void triangle(double a, double b, double c)
{
  //equality threshold value for absolute difference procedure
  const double EPSILON = 0.001;

  if (a + b <= c || a + c <= b || b + c <= a) //conditions for an invalid triangle
    cout << fixed << setprecision(5)
         << a << " " << b << " " << c << " "
         << "Not a triangle";
  else //if above returned false, then it is a valid triangle
  {
    double temp;

    cout << fixed << setprecision(5)
         << a << " " << b << " " << c << " "; //print the side values

    //logic to find out the largest value and store it to c.
    if (a > b && a > c)
    {
      temp = a;
      a = c;
      c = temp;
    }
    else if (b > a && b > c)
    {
      temp = b;
      b = c;
      c = temp;
    }

    if (fabs(a - b) < EPSILON &&
        fabs(b - c) < EPSILON) //condition for equilateral triangle
    {
      cout << "Equilateral triangle";
      return;
    }

    else if (fabs((a * a) - (b * b + c * c)) < EPSILON ||
             fabs((b * b) - (c * c + a * a)) < EPSILON ||
             fabs((c * c) - (a * a + b * b)) < EPSILON) //condition for right triangle i.e. pythagoras theorem
      cout << "Right ";

    if (fabs(a - b) < EPSILON ||
        fabs(b - c) < EPSILON ||
        fabs(a - c) < EPSILON) //condition for Isosceles triangle
      cout << "Isosceles triangle";
    else //if both the above ifs failed, then it is a scalene triangle
      cout << "Scalene triangle";
  }
}

//main function
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
  if (argc == 3 || argc > 5) //check argc for argument count
  {
    cerr << "Incorrect number of arguments. " << endl;
    exit(1);
  }

  else if (argc == 1) //if no command arguments found then do the following
  {
    int a, b, c;        //declare three int
    cin >> a >> b >> c; //read the values

    if (a <= 0 || b <= 0 || c <= 0) //if values are negative then exit
    {
      cerr << "Data must be a positive integer. " << endl;
      exit(1);
    }
    triangle(a, b, c); //call the function if inputs are valid
  }

  else //if command arguments were found and valid
  {
    if (strcmp(argv[1], "-i") == 0)
    {
      int a, b, c, temp; //declare required variables

      if (argc == 5)
      {
        //convert char to int using atoi()
        a = atoi(argv[2]);
        b = atoi(argv[3]);
        c = atoi(argv[4]);
      }
      else
      {
        cin >> a >> b >> c; // read the values
      }

      if (a <= 0 || b <= 0 || c <= 0) //if values are negative then exit
      {
        cerr << "Data must be a positive integer. " << endl;
        exit(1);
      }

      //call the function
      triangle(a, b, c);
    }

    else if (strcmp(argv[1], "-d") == 0)
    {
      double a, b, c, temp; //declare required variables

      if (argc == 5)
      {
        //convert char to int using atoi()
        a = atof(argv[2]);
        b = atof(argv[3]);
        c = atof(argv[4]);
      }
      else
      {
        cin >> a >> b >> c; // read the values
      }

      if (a <= 0 || b <= 0 || c <= 0) //if values are negative then exit
      {
        cerr << "Data must be a positive double. " << endl;
        exit(1);
      }

      //call the overloaded function
      triangle(a, b, c);
    }
  }

  cout << endl;

  return 0;
}

Please read the background information and answer the following questions

Background: Country Table Potato Chip Company is a small, privately owned company that produces a limited line of snack foods sold in a three-state range including most of Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa. The company has been in business for 57 years and was started by Franklin Brewster. Frank developed a faithful following for his chips as a result of a cooking process that sealed in flavor. The brand name is well respected in the region. The company was run by George Brewster (third generation) for the past 31 years until his recent death. The company has been handed over to the fourth generation of the Brewster family, Ms. Emily Brewster. Emily has a financial background and has worked in the company in the accounting department for the past eight years.

She wants to take the company in a new direction, knowing from her accounting knowledge of the company that some changes need to be made. She admittedly understands the “bottom line”, but little else about running a business. She has brought in a new team to assist her. You have been hired as the marketing team member to develop the new direction for the company.

From background interviews, you have learned the basics of the company’s history. The company has been regional since its inception. There was some interest in a potential buyout of the company by Frito-Lay five years ago, but the negotiations stalled and Frito-Lay lost interest. Emily has expressed interest for some sort of merger of the company in the future.

The company’s product line consists of six types of potato chips (regular, barbeque, and cheddar cheese flavors all in a thin chip and ruffled chip texture). In addition, the company has regular and cheese flavored popcorn, pretzels, and peanuts. All potato chip products are fried in peanut oil while the other products are baked. Ten products in all, with no change to the product line in the past eight years. Products are packaged in “family sized” bags of seven to ten ounces, depending upon the product.

Years ago, Country Table chips were seen as a “premium” product and priced above other competitors. In the last five years, retail prices to consumers have decreased in response to competition and to the large grocery chains pushing for lower prices to them. Originally, the company sourced their potatoes from a premium supplier in Idaho. Those potatoes were part of the original “flavor formula” that gave their chips a distinctive taste. A few years ago, George Brewster decided to source potatoes from a co-op in order to lower costs. These potatoes were indeed cheaper, but the quality and flavor profile were not as good.

All products are made in five factories, spread out across the three states mentioned above. All distribution is done through a fleet of company owned trucks and delivery vehicles working out of a total of 27 regional offices. Frank Brewster relied on “word of mouth” advertising based on the company’s brand. Also, their fleet of company trucks acted as rolling billboards for the products. Country Table has concentrated on placing their products in grocery store chains and larger convenience stores.

The company is “old school” in that very little has been done to keep up with technology. The company does have a website and offers customers a way to suggest improvements. One consistent theme from customers is a need to expand the flavors of potato chips to keep up with competitor product offerings.

Overall, the industry for snack foods has been increasing. In the past five years, industry sales have increased at a rate of 3% per year. However, the mix of product lines has been shifting. Traditional fried chip products have seen an annual decrease of 4% over the same period. Other new, more healthy snack products have seen a growth rate of over 6% a year.

Country Tables’ unit sales have been essentially flat for the past three years. Profits have been decreasing about 3% per year as a result of higher costs and lower prices. Lower prices have been offered in order to offset competitive efforts to take sales away from Country Table.

Questions:

• If you proposed any new products in the product section, what promotional activities would you recommend for those new products?
• Emily has a financial background. What stage(s) of the product development process do you think she would be most interested in?
• If you proposed new products in the product section, what impact does that addition have on distribution?
• Are there any packaging changes you would recommend?