Oscar Inc. has a new product priced at $650 per unit. Variable cost is $350 per unit, and fixed costs are $300,000 per year. Quantity sold is expected to be 15,000 units per year. The new product will require an initial investment of $16 million, depreciation will be straight-line to zero for eight years, and salvage at the end of eight years is expected to be $2 million. Demand for the product is expected to be stable and to continue for eight years. The required rate of return on this new product line is 12%. Ignoring taxes, what is the financial break-even quantity?

Select one:

a. 11,000

b. 11,194

c. 17,667

d. 18,800

e. 20,000

Econo-Cool air conditioners cost $500 to purchase, result in electricity bills of $350 per year, and last for five years. Luxury Air models cost $700, result in electricity bills of $300 per year, and last for eight years. The discount rate is 21%.

1. What is the equivalent annual cost of the Econo-Cool model? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

2. What is the equivalent annual cost of the Luxury Air model? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

3. Which model is more cost-effective?

4. If the inflation rate is expected to be 10% per year for the foreseeable future. What is the equivalent annual cost of the Econo-Cool model and Luxury Air model? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

a.EAC(Econo-Cool Investment &Electricity)b.EAC(Luxury Air Investment & Electricity)c.Cost effective modeld.EAC(Econo-Cool Investment &Electricity)EAC(Luxury Air Investment & Electricity)

After restriction digestion of a DNA molecule, following fragments were generated - 500 bps, 350 bps, 100 bps and 40 bps. If you load all these fragments on an agarose gel, this fragment_(a)___________ would move farthest and this fragment _(b)___________ would move slowest under the influence of electricity?

(a)500 bps, (b) 40 bps

(a) 40 bps, (b) 350 bps

(a) 40 bps, (b) 500 bps

(a) 100 bps, (b) 350 bps

Which of the following statements about STRs is False?

These are 2-9 base nucleotides long.

Variation in the number of repeats is used in preparing DNA profiles.

They consist of differences in DNA sequences that are only one nucleotide long.

Clusters of STRs are found widely distributed on all human chromosomes.

Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about findings from Human Genome Project?

15 % of the DNA codes for Protein and rest 85% is non coding DNA

Human genome is made up of 3.2 billion nucleotide base pairs

Repetitive DNA makes most of the non coding DNA.

Our DNA has 20,000-25,000 genes

Which of the following is NOT a goal of Human Genome Project?

To find the location of all genes in our genomes

To compile lists of expressed genes and non expressed sequences.

To find out drugs for the treatment of genetic disorders.

To compare genes and their proteins among different species

Following are the steps of gene therapy. Pick the option from multiple choice that SHOWS the correct order of gene therapy steps:

i. Healthy cells are screened, ii. Normal genes are inserted into the removed body cells by using genetically modified viruses, iii. Cells from infected individual are removed from the body, iv. Healthy cells are returned to the body.

iii, ii, i, iv

ii, i, iii, iv

Reema was diagnosed with pancreas cancer which has now spread to her other body parts like lungs, liver etc. Which ONE of the following terms CAN'T be used to describe her cancer?

Highly likely, her cancer in pancreas started as a benign tumor

Her cancer might have started as malignant tumor

Her cancer is invasive and is spreading to other body parts.

Her cancer is a metastatic cancer

i, ii, iii, iv

iv, iii, ii, I

In 2020, Garage Doors Inc. had sales of $350 million. Operating costs, depreciation and interest were $230 million, $30 million and $10 million respectively. It’s corporate tax rate is 40%. The company reported $40 million in operating current assets and $14 million in operating current liabilities. It also reported net property, plant and equipment of $70 million and Long Term Debt $180 million.

For 2019, net operating working capital was $28 million, net property, plant and equipment was $60 million and Long Term Debt $200 million.

Net investment in operating capital during 2020 was $8 million.

Required:

With respect to 2020:

(a) What was the company’s net income?

(b) What was the company’s NOPAT?

(c) What was the company’s Free Cash Flows from Operations?

(d) What was the gross investment in property, plant and equipment during the year?

(e) What was the company’s Free Cash Flow to the Firm for the year?

(f) What is the company’s Free Cash Flow to Equity for the year?

Rana Abdelal Ex. 350. Consider a unity feedback system where the forward TF is: G(s) = K (s+18)/(s(s+17)). Find the breakaway and entry points on the real axis (Enter the one closest to the origin first). One point on the root locus is -18+jB. Find K there and and also find B. It is possible to work this one without MATLAB, but it requires some intense algebra. Answers: s1,s2,K, and B. ans:4

Can you show me how to do the MATLAB script for it, Thanks

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Mario owns a boutique furniture store for which Clinton is a long time supplier of pillows and decorative items. Because of repeated years of negotiations over prices, delivery dates, and products, Mario and Clinton have formed a mutually beneficial relationship. Please discuss some other outcomes of repeated negotiations.

Bell Computers purchases integrated chips at ?$350 per chip. The holding cost is ?$35 per unit per? year, the ordering cost is ?$118 per? order, and sales are steady at 405

per month. The? company's supplier, Rich Blue Chip? Manufacturing, Inc., decides to offer price concessions in order to attract larger orders. The price structure is shown below.

1-99 units- $350

100-199- $325

200 or more units- $300

a. What is the optimal order quantity and the minimum annual cost for Bell Computers to? order, purchase, and hold these integrated? chips?

-The optimal order quantity after the change in pricing structure is (enter as whole number)

- The total annual cost for Bell computers to? order, purchase, and hold the integrated chips is.. {enter as whole number}

b. bell computers wishes to use a 10% holding cost rather than the fixed $36 holding cost in part a. what is the optimal order quantity, and what is the optimal annual cost?

-the optimal order quantity after the change in the holding cost calculation is (enter as whole number)

- the total annual cost for bell computers to order, purchase, and to hold integrated chips is (enter as whole number)

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1. A high-level voltage power supply should have a nominal output voltage of 350 V. A sample of four units is selected each day and tested for process-control purposes. The data (20 days, 1 sample/day) shown in the table below give the difference between the observed reading on each unit and the nominal voltage times ten; that is, x_i = (observed voltage on unit 350)*10.

1. Calculate the UCL and LCL for the x̄-chart.
2. Calculate the UCL and LCL for the R-chart.
3. Set up x̄ and R charts on this process. Is the process in statistical control?
4. If specifications are at 350 V ± 5 V, what can you say about process capability? Calculate C_p. Interpret the calculated value of C_p.
5. Calculate C_pk. Interpret the calculated value of C_pk.

Harvard Prep Shops, a national clothing chain, had sales of $350 million last year. The business has a steady net profit margin of 20 percent and a dividend payout ratio of 30 percent. The balance sheet for the end of last year is shown below:

Harvard’s anticipates a large increase in the demand for tweed sport coats and deck shoes. A sales increase of 30 percent is forecast.

All balance sheet items are expected to maintain the same percent-of-sales relationships as last year, except for common stock and retained earnings. No change in the number of common shares outstanding is scheduled, and retained earnings will change as dictated by the profits and dividend policy of the firm.

a. Will external financing be required for the Prep Shop during the coming year?

multiple choice

• Yes

• No

b. What would the need for external financing be if the net profit margin went up to 25 percent and the dividend payout ratio was increased to 65 percent? (Enter the answer in millions. Round the final answer to 2 decimal places.)

Required new funds           $  million