MountainHigh  has selected a capital structure D/A = 0.75. Once the firm selects its target capital structure it envisions two possible scenarios for its operations: Feast or Famine. The Feast scenario has a 50 percent probability of occurring and forecast EBIT in this state is $60,000. The Famine state has a 50 percent chance of occurring and the EBIT is expected to be $20,000. Further, the debt cost will be 12 percent. The firm will have $400,000 in total assets, it will face a 40 percent marginal tax rate, and the book value of equity per share under either scenario is $10.00 per share.

What is the coefficient of variation of expected EPS under the capital structure plan?

Situational Software Co. (SSC) is trying to establish its optimal capital structure. Its current capital structure consists of 25% debt and 75% equity; however, the CEO believes that the firm should use more debt. The risk-free rate, r_RF, is 4%; the market risk premium, RP_M, is 6%; and the firm's tax rate is 40%. Currently, SSC's cost of equity is 12%, which is determined by the CAPM. The data has been collected in the Microsoft Excel Online file below. Open the spreadsheet and perform the required analysis to answer the question below.

What would be SSC's estimated cost of equity if it changed its capital structure to 50% debt and 50% equity? Round your answer to two decimal places. Do not round intermediate steps.

Suppose you buy a straddle by purchasing one Clearwire August $50 call option contract quoted at $4 and also purchasing one Clearwire August $50 put option contract quoted at $5, where $50 is the strike price for both options. The two options have the same expiration date. (a)(6 points) If the Clearwire stock price is $30 at expiration, what is yourpayoff from the call option, your payoff from the put option, and yourtotal payoff from the straddle? What is your profit (loss)?(b)(6 points) If the Clearwire stock price is $60 at expiration, what is your payoff from the call option, your payoff from the put option, and yourtotal payoff from the straddle? What is your profit (loss)?

1. Match the correct term to the following statement.

Cost equals :

cost minus markdown.

markdown minus markup.

net profit minus operating expenses.

selling price minus markup.

cost minus markup.

2.

Use the basic equations to determine the selling price in the following problem. Round your answer to the nearest cent.

3.

Use the basic equations to determine the markup amount in the following problem. Round your answer to the nearest cent.

4.

Complete the following problem. Round your answer to the nearest cent.

If the selling price is $32.99 and the cost is $16.00, the markup is $ =

5.

Complete the following problem. Round your answer to the nearest cent.

If the markup is $22.00 and the cost is $15.50, the selling price is $ =

6.  Match the correct term to the following statement.

________  Incurred by a business, such as rent and utilities

Select =

cost

markdown

markup

net profit

operating expenses

selling price

7.

Use the basic equations to determine the markup amount in the following problem. Round your answer to the nearest cent.

8.  

Match the correct term to the following statement.

___________ Amount manufacturer charges for merchandise.

select=

cost

markdown

markup

net profit

operating expenses

selling price

9.

Use the basic equations to determine the cost in the following problem. Round your answer to the nearest cent.

10.  Match the correct term to the following statement.

Selling Price equals =

cost plus markdown

markdown plus markup

net profit plus operating expenses

selling price plus operating expenses

cost plus markup

1. a. In about three (3) sentences each, outline four (4) ways in which adult learners in Ghana can be helped to learn at a distance.

b. Distinguish between Educational Sociology and Sociology of Education.

c. Identify any three (3) characteristics of a successful teacher.

2. a. In about eight (8) sentence, explain privatisation in education.
b. Explain Socratic technique in about seven (7) sentences.
c. In about ten sentences, write on how a teacher can use the Socratic technique?

3. In about six (6) sentences each, explain five (5) conditions that can promote adult learning.   

This basic problem is a practical application of if-statement(s).

Write a function called bolt_check that takes one scalar input argument and returns one scalar output argument. The input represents the measured length of a machine screw during the quality-assurance phase of its manufacturing. The purpose of the function is to categorize the measured length into one of six categories. If the measured length is within two percent of one of its five nominal lengths-- 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, or 1 (inch), then the nominal length is returned. Otherwise 0 is returned, signifying that the bolt failed the test. You may find that the built-in function abs for absolute value is useful for this problem.

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This basic problem is a practical application of if-statement(s).

Write a function called bolt_check that takes one scalar input argument and returns one scalar output argument. The input represents the measured length of a machine screw during the quality-assurance phase of its manufacturing. The purpose of the function is to categorize the measured length into one of six categories. If the measured length is within two percent of one of its five nominal lengths-- 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, or 1 (inch), then the nominal length is returned. Otherwise 0 is returned, signifying that the bolt failed the test. You may find that the built-in function abs for absolute value is useful for this problem.

You may submit your work as many times as you want. Try to get 100%!

This basic problem is a practical application of if-statement(s).

Write a function called bolt_check that takes one scalar input argument and returns one scalar output argument. The input represents the measured length of a machine screw during the quality-assurance phase of its manufacturing. The purpose of the function is to categorize the measured length into one of six categories. If the measured length is within two percent of one of its five nominal lengths-- 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, or 1 (inch), then the nominal length is returned. Otherwise 0 is returned, signifying that the bolt failed the test. You may find that the built-in function abs for absolute value is useful for this problem.

You may submit your work as many times as you want. Try to get 100%!

This basic problem is a practical application of if-statement(s).

Write a function called bolt_check that takes one scalar input argument and returns one scalar output argument. The input represents the measured length of a machine screw during the quality-assurance phase of its manufacturing. The purpose of the function is to categorize the measured length into one of six categories. If the measured length is within two percent of one of its five nominal lengths-- 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, or 1 (inch), then the nominal length is returned. Otherwise 0 is returned, signifying that the bolt failed the test. You may find that the built-in function abs for absolute value is useful for this problem.

You may submit your work as many times as you want. Try to get 100%!

This basic problem is a practical application of if-statement(s).

Write a function called bolt_check that takes one scalar input argument and returns one scalar output argument. The input represents the measured length of a machine screw during the quality-assurance phase of its manufacturing. The purpose of the function is to categorize the measured length into one of six categories. If the measured length is within two percent of one of its five nominal lengths-- 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, or 1 (inch), then the nominal length is returned. Otherwise 0 is returned, signifying that the bolt failed the test. You may find that the built-in function abs for absolute value is useful for this problem.

You may submit your work as many times as you want. Try to get 100%!

This basic problem is a practical application of if-statement(s).

Write a function called bolt_check that takes one scalar input argument and returns one scalar output argument. The input represents the measured length of a machine screw during the quality-assurance phase of its manufacturing. The purpose of the function is to categorize the measured length into one of six categories. If the measured length is within two percent of one of its five nominal lengths-- 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, or 1 (inch), then the nominal length is returned. Otherwise 0 is returned, signifying that the bolt failed the test. You may find that the built-in function abs for absolute value is useful for this problem.

You may submit your work as many times as you want. Try to get 100%!

This basic problem is a practical application of if-statement(s).

Write a function called bolt_check that takes one scalar input argument and returns one scalar output argument. The input represents the measured length of a machine screw during the quality-assurance phase of its manufacturing. The purpose of the function is to categorize the measured length into one of six categories. If the measured length is within two percent of one of its five nominal lengths-- 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, or 1 (inch), then the nominal length is returned. Otherwise 0 is returned, signifying that the bolt failed the test. You may find that the built-in function abs for absolute value is useful for this problem.

You may submit your work as many times as you want. Try to get 100%!

This basic problem is a practical application of if-statement(s).

In matLab: Write a function called bolt_check that takes one scalar input argument and returns one scalar output argument. The input represents the measured length of a machine screw during the quality-assurance phase of its manufacturing. The purpose of the function is to categorize the measured length into one of six categories. If the measured length is within two percent of one of its five nominal lengths-- 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, or 1 (inch), then the nominal length is returned. Otherwise 0 is returned, signifying that the bolt failed the test. You may find that the built-in function abs for absolute value is useful for this problem.

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Roland Inc. is planning to expand their business by entering in the construction industry as a panel formwork supplier. The potential number of forthcoming projects, you forecasted that within two years, your fixed cost for producing formworks is $ 292,000. The variable unit cost for making one panel is $ 18. The sale price for each panel will be $ 50. The company’s income statement from last month is as follows: Sales Revenue Total $600,000 Per Unit $50 Variable expenses 216,000 18 Contribution margin 384,000 $32 Fixed expenses 292,000 Net operating income $ 92,000 Required a) What is Roland's contribution margin ratio? Its unit contribution margin? b) If Roland's sales were to increase by $100,000 with no change in fixed expenses, by how much would net operating income increase? c) Roland's managers have determined that variable costs per unit will increase by 16% beginning next month. To offset this increase in costs, they are considering a 10% increase in the sales price. Market research indicates that the price increase will result in a 2% decrease in the number of panels Roland Inc sells. What will be Roland's expected net operating income if the price increase is implemented

Question 1 (25pts):

Consider the string “data and program analytics”. Write a program to perform the following actions

• Find the index of the character ‘p’ in the given string
• Print the character which is present at index number seven
• Find the length of the String
• Split the string at every occurrence of a whitespace
• Replace the word “data” in the original string with “information” using a standard string manipulation function. Your output after the manipulation should be “information and program analytics”

Question 2 (15 pts):

List1 = [3, 4, 5, 20, 5]

• Find the index of the second 5
• Find the last element of this list

Question 3 (15 pts):

Set1 = {1, 2, 3, 4}, Set2={4, 5, 6}

• Print all elements that appear in both sets
• Print those elements that appear in either set
• Print all elements that appear in Set1 but not Set2

Question 4 (15 pts):

L = [('',), (), ('apple', 1), (), ("Paul", "Merage', 2020, "MSBA212"), ("d")]

Write a Python program to remove an empty tuple(s) from a list of tuples.

Expected outcome is:

[('',), ('apple', 1), ('Paul', 'Merage', 2020, 'MSBA212'), 'd']

Question 5 (15 pts):

• Reverse words in the string "one apple a day keeps the doctors away" and print the new string
• Sort the words in the string "one apple a day keeps the doctors away" alphabetically and then print the new string.

Question 6 (15 pts):

Two given lists [1,2,4,8,5,10] and [2,4,5,8,12,15], write a program to make a list whose elements are intersection of the above given lists.

1. While playing the role of Catherine Piper on Boston Legal, Betty White “killed” the character of Bernard Ferrion (played by Leslie Jordan). Catherine ended being found not guilty, but it led Betty to wonder: are men and women treated differently when convicted of murder? As a result, Betty took two random samples of convicted murderers, given below, and determined how long the sentences were.

Men: 25, 30, 50, 25, 20, 30, 40, 25, 30, 25, 75, 25, 15

Women: 25, 15, 20, 15, 20, 25, 15, 30, 25, 40

You may assume the data comes from normal distributions. At the .05 level of significance, is there evidence to show that men get longer sentences for murder than women?