Imagine the following scenario where you need to decide which MUTUALLY-EXCLUSIVE project to pursue: You are given $50,000 to invest in one of the following two projects (you CANNOT invest in both). 200-500 words

Project A: A highly respectable local entrepreneur reaches out to you for a short-term loan of $10,000 guaranteeing a return of $16,000 in 15 days ($6,000 of profit). The situation is unusual as her customers lost their financing source and will need about 2 weeks to wire her the money. Everything is insured and guaranteed so there is ZERO risk of losing your money if you decide to give her the loan.

Project B: A large local utility company sells community bonds with a minimum of $50,000 and promising 15% interest at the end of one year. Calculate the annualized return for project A. Which project (A or B) would you invest in? Why?

A software company is creating a scheduling plan for a nine-month project,. The company has 30 of its own full-time employees and can assign them to the project. For any shortage of personnel, the company will hire short-term contract employees. Company employees earn $5,500 per month, while short-term contract employees make $8,000/month. Contract employees can be assigned to the project beginning in any month, and their contract period is two months. The number of workers required for the project by month is shown below:

a) Determine the optimal staffing plan for the project. (25 pts)

b) The project manager is evaluating options to complete the project early so that the company can earn a bonus. He has determined that the project schedule can be compressed into a seven-month schedule, with the same total number of worker-months. In that case, the staffing requirements are as shown below.

Develop an optimal staffing plan for the project under the accelerated schedule. (10 pts)

c) Suppose the bonus for completing the project two months early is $225,000. What would be the net bonus to the company, after adjusting for any difference in personnel costs under the accelerated schedule? (5 pts)

I am not very familiar with staff optimization. So please elaborate as much as possible. A step by step from excel would be greatly appreciated.

The relationship between China and the United States is often in the news. To refresh your memory, here are four facts about the Chinese economy: 1. China manages its exchange rate with the dollar. 2. China runs a trade surplus with the United States. 3. The Chinese central bank owns a large number of U.S. Treasury bills. 4. Individual Chinese residents are not free to invest their savings in foreign countries as they would like. Any movement away from a managed exchange rate would probably include a relaxation of these restrictions.

Now evaluate the following claims below with three to five sentences for each. You should also feel free to use graphs or equations where appropriate. Your goal is to discuss why the claim is true, partially true, or not true at all.

i. “Cheap imports from China come a steep cost – lost jobs and lower wages for American workers.”

ii. “Over time, the Chinese government can maintain an unfair trading relationship with the United States by pegging its currency to the dollar at a low level.”

iii. “In the long run, if China continues to peg its currency to the dollar at an abnormally low value, it may incur a significant increase in its price level.”

iv. “The only way for the United States to close its bilateral trade deficit with China is to either raise national savings in the U.S. or reduce investment in new plant and equipment in the U.S.”

v. “Because China has a fixed exchange rate, it is unable to conduct discretionary monetary policy.”

vi. “If China stopped managing the value of its currency, the value of China’s currency would strengthen relative to the dollar and U.S. interest rates would rise.

Please answer all parts!!!!!

The relationship between China and the United States is often in the news. To refresh your memory, here are four facts about the Chinese economy: 1. China manages its exchange rate with the dollar. 2. China runs a trade surplus with the United States. 3. The Chinese central bank owns a large number of U.S. Treasury bills. 4. Individual Chinese residents are not free to invest their savings in foreign countries as they would like. Any movement away from a managed exchange rate would probably include a relaxation of these restrictions.

Now evaluate the following claims below with three to five sentences for each. You should also feel free to use graphs or equations where appropriate. Your goal is to discuss why the claim is true, partially true, or not true at all.

i. “Cheap imports from China come a steep cost – lost jobs and lower wages for American workers.”

ii. “Over time, the Chinese government can maintain an unfair trading relationship with the United States by pegging its currency to the dollar at a low level.”

iii. “In the long run, if China continues to peg its currency to the dollar at an abnormally low value, it may incur a significant increase in its price level.”

iv. “The only way for the United States to close its bilateral trade deficit with China is to either raise national savings in the U.S. or reduce investment in new plant and equipment in the U.S.”

v. “Because China has a fixed exchange rate, it is unable to conduct discretionary monetary policy.”

vi. “If China stopped managing the value of its currency, the value of China’s currency would strengthen relative to the dollar and U.S. interest rates would rise.

Please answer all parts!!!!!

Analyze means 1) identify the issue or problem 2) State the rule(s) and any exceptions if applicable 3) discuss the facts with the rules, and 4) conclude

Harvey is riding his bicycle, no-handed, and at a very fast speed down a park path. Trish, a jogger, accompanied by her dog, Rover on a leash is approaching Harvey from the other direction. Because he knows that he is bigger and faster on his bike, Harvey expects Trish to move out of his way. Unfortunately, Trish does not and as Harvey passes Trish, he side-swipes her knocking her to the ground and injuring her. Rover is inadvertently released when Trish falls, and he runs off into the road. Monty is driving carefully down the road. Seeing Rover running into his path and wanting to avoid hitting him, Monty swerves driving off the road and onto the sidewalk, damaging his wheel alignment when he jumps the curb. Grandma Jenkins is babysitting young Elvis, her grandson. Elvis happens to be playing hopscotch on the sidewalk across the street from the park. Fortunately, Monty's veering car stops far short of Elvis, and all is well for the tot (except for anxiety he suffered when he looked up and saw Monty's car heading straight for him). Unfortunately, Grandma Jenkins, observing the car veering off the road and heading straight toward her grandson, suffers a heart attack.

Analyze the following questions based on Negligence - (how far does Harvey's liability go? support)

Is Harvey liable for the injuries suffered by Trish and the loss of Rover? (Note: Rover is not dead, just lost) Is Harvey liable for the damage to Monty's car?

Is Harvey liable for the anxiety that Elvis suffered?

Is Harvey liable for Grandma Jenkins' heart attack?

Name and define each trophic level in an ecosystem and cite an example for each level, using the following terms: producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer, decomposer, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, autotroph, and heterotroph.

In two sentences differentiate between density-dependent and density-independent forces and their impact on population size.

What are the key differences between the three types of survivorship curves (Type I, Type II and Type III); give one example of an organism that exhibits each pattern and state in a sentence for each what traits inform you that it exhibits that strategy.

State seven ways humans make an impact on the environment through population size and/or the ecological footprint of its citizens.

Risky Business is looking at a project with the following estimated cash​ flow:

Initial investment at start of​ project: ​$10,000,000

Cash flow at end of year​ one: ​$1,700,000

Cash flow at end of years two through​ six: ​$2,000 each year

Cash flow at end of years seven through​ nine: ​$2,040,000 each year

Cash flow at end of year​ ten: ​$1,569,231

Risky Business wants to know the payback​ period, NPV,​ IRR, MIRR, and PI of this project. The appropriate discount rate for the project is 11​%. If the cutoff period is 6 years for major​ projects, determine whether the management at Risky Business will accept or reject the project under the five different decision models.

Comparing all methods. Risky Business is looking at a project with the following estimated cash​ flow: Initial investment at start of​ project: ​$12,300,000 Cash flow at end of year​ one: ​$2,214,000 Cash flow at end of years two through​ six: ​$2,460,000 each year Cash flow at end of years seven through​ nine: ​$2,878,200 each year Cash flow at end of year​ ten: ​$2,214,000 Risky Business wants to know the payback​ period, NPV,​ IRR, MIRR, and PI of this project. The appropriate discount rate for the project is 10​%. If the cutoff period is 6 years for major​ projects, determine whether the management at Risky Business will accept or reject the project under the five different decision models.