Suppose you are given the following end of year stock price data for Random Inc. stock. Assume the returns are normally distributed, calculate the probability that an investor will earn more than 1.5% in a given year (e.g. Prob(Ret>1.5%)). (Enter percentages as decimals and round to 4 decimals). Year Price 2005 50.25 2006 66.49 2007 79.72 2008 83.81 2009 88.38 2010 84.39 2011 91.1 2012 82.17 2013 86.39 2014 76.35 2015 85.47 2016 86.07
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Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship are closely related concepts and activities.
How would you describe the relationship between these three concepts and activities?
What is the role of innovation in entrepreneurship?
What are the three basic types of innovations? Give concrete examples of each type of innovation
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Coca-Cola Revenues ($ millions), 2005–2010 Quarter 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Qtr1 5,206 5,131 6,090 7,410 7,180 7,516
Qtr2 6,310 6,480 7,720 9,060 8,232 8,665
Qtr3 6,037 6,422 7,677 8,314 8,040 8,417
Qtr4 5,551 5,920 7,318 7,100 7,498 10,485
Click here for the Excel Data File (a-1) Use MegaStat or Minitab to deseasonalize Coca-Cola’s quarterly data.
(Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)
1 2 3 4 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 mean
(a-2) State the adjusted four quarterly indexes. (Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 (a-3) What is the trend model for the deseasonalized time series? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
yt = xt + (b) State the model found when performing a regression using seasonal binaries. (A negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answers to 4 decimal places.) yt = + t + Q1 + Q2 + Q3
(c) Use the regression equation to make a prediction for each quarter in 2011. (Enter your answers in millions rounded to 3 decimal places.) Quarter Predicted Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
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Bonnie has decided to begin a retirement savings program where she will contribute to an account that will accumulate tax free throughout her working life. She expects to retire in exactly 9 years from today, and her goal is to have accumulated the amount of $600000 when she reaches her future retirement age. In order to meet her goal, she will begin making MONTHLY contributions to a special account devoted to the retirement goal. Contributions to this account will begin one month from today, and she will continue placing equal monthly amounts into her retirement account for the next 9 years. What minimum amount needs to be placed in her account at the end of each month so that she'll reach her goal if the annual interest rate is 9%.
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Bonnie has decided to begin a retirement savings program where
she will contribute to an account that will accumulate tax free
throughout her working life. She expects to retire in exactly9 years from today, and her goal is to have
accumulated the amount of $600000 when she reaches
her future retirement age.
In order to meet her goal, she will begin making MONTHLY
contributions to a special account devoted to the retirement goal.
Contributions to this account will begin one month from today, and
she will continue placing equal monthly amounts into her retirement
account for the next 9 years. What minimum amount
needs to be placed in her account at the end of each month so that
she'll reach her goal if the annual interest rate is 9%.
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Sammy Slick works for a company that allows him to contribute up to 10% of his earnings into a tax-deferred savings plan. The company matches a portion of the contributions its employees make based on the organization's financial performance. Although the minimum match is 25% of the employee's contributions and the maximum match is 100%, in most years the company match is about 50%. Sammy is currently 30 years old and makes $35,000. He wants to retire at age 60. He expects his salary to increase in any given year to be at least 2% per year, at most 6%, and most likely 3.5%. The funds contributed by Sammy and his employer are invested in mutual funds. Sammy expects the annual return on his investments to vary according to a normal distribution with a mean of 12.5% and standard deviation of 2%.
a. If Sammy contributes 10% of his income to
this plan, how much money could he expect to have at age 60? Round
your answer to three decimal places.
$ million
b. Suppose Sammy makes 10% contributions to this plan for eight years, from age 30 to 37, and then stops contributing. How much of his own money would he have invested and how much money could he expect to have at age 60? Round your answers to three decimal places, if necessary.
| Total investment | $ million |
| Ending balance | $ million |
c. Now suppose Sammy contributes nothing to the plan his first eight years and then contributes 10% for twenty-three years from age 38 to age 60. How much of his own money would he have invested and how much money could he expect to have at age 60? Round your answers to three decimal places, if necessary.
| Total investment | $ million |
| Ending balance | $ million |
d. What do you learn from Sammy's example?
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30. What is the source of genetic variation? How does meiosis contribute to the maintenance of genetic diversity?
31. Describe the preconditions for natural selection to operate and what the results of the natural selection will be.
32. Use the HW equations to solve simple population genetics problems with and without selection.
33. Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium tells us the conditions under which populations will not evolve. So what types of things may lead to a population evolving? How do these things lead to populations evolving (gene frequencies changing)?
34. When is genetic drift the strongest?
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How does the use of safe and predictable routines contribute to a person’s sense of security?
Give one example of when mandatory reporting is required.
What should you do if something is outside your scope of knowledge, skills or work role?
What is meant by discrimination?
Give two examples of human rights.
In: Nursing
Which of the following alterations would likely contribute to the formation of a cancerous somatic cell?
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A.Mutations in cyclin-dependent kinase genes that made the catalytic activity of the kinases cyclin-independent. |
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B. A mutation in the Mdm2 gene that eliminated the ability of the MDM2 protein to bind to p53. |
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C.A mutation that inactivated expression of the gene that encoded the protein that de-phosphorylated the RB protein. |
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D. A mutation in the Ras gene that eliminated the GTPase activity of the RAS protein. |
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E. Mutations in the p53 gene that eliminated the sites of phosphorylation and acetylation on the p53 protein. |
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F. A mutation in the Ras gene that generated a RAS protein that would not release bound GDP. |
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G. A mutation in the Retinoblastoma (Rb) gene that eliminated the phosphorylation site on the RB protein. |
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H.A mutation in the p53 transcription factor binding site near the Bax gene promoter that eliminated p53 binding. |
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Which of the following alterations would likely contribute to the formation of a cancerous somatic cell? Fill in all correct answers if there are more than one.
A.Mutations in cyclin-dependent kinase genes that made the catalytic activity of the kinases cyclin-independent.
B.A mutation that inactivated expression of the gene that encoded the protein that de-phosphorylated the RB protein
C.A mutation in the p53 transcription factor binding site near the Bax gene promoter that eliminated p53 binding.
D.A mutation in the Mdm2 gene that eliminated the ability of the MDM2 protein to bind to p53.
E.A mutation in the Retinoblastoma (Rb) gene that eliminated the phosphorylation site on the RB protein.
F.A mutation in the Ras gene that eliminated the GTPase activity of the RAS protein.
G.A mutation in the Ras gene that generated a RAS protein that would not release bound GDP.
H.Mutations in the p53 gene that eliminated the sites of phosphorylation and acetylation on the p53 protein.
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