1. Describing the shape and nature of a distribution of scores is a basic skill any researcher needs to inform a lay audience. Changes in skewness and Kurtosis can happen with particular kinds of data. Give an example of what could happen during data collection that can create each kind of change from a standard normal curve that is listed below.

• A positively skewed distribution:
• A Leptokurtic distribution:

Prepare a 100 - 200  word devotional entry responding to these questions.

1. In what phase of the financial life cycle are you (self-preservation, accumulation, or distribution)?

2. How do you feel God would like you to reallocate His resources? What changes can you make to better align your financial decisions with God’s plans for your life?

A refrigeration system contains an adiabatic compressor with Refrigerant-134a as working fluid. Inlet conditions (state 1) are 140 kPa and -100C and the exit state is 1.6 MPa and 800C (state 2). The changes in KE and PE are negligible. Determine (a) actual exit specific enthalpy in kJ/kg, (b) exit specific isentropic entropy in kJ/lg.K and (c) efficiency of the compressor in %.

Suppose that XTel currently is selling at $50 per share. You buy 500 shares using $15,000 of your own money, borrowing the remainder of the purchase price from your broker. The rate on the margin loan is 10%. What is the percentage increase in the net worth of your brokerage account if the price of XTel immediately changes to (i) $55; (ii) $50; (iii) $45?

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a) Which two processes can be used to stabilize the liquid from the initial separator?

b) How do pressure and flow rate changes affect the design? Can we design the facility based on the initial production condition?

c) List the 6 process modules commonly used in the general scheme for gas processing.

d) What are the three objectives of the gas processing?

Show that in a parabolic potential well, the spacing between the energy levels is constant. In semiconductors, parabolic potential wells are often produced by using narrow square potential wells where the well to barrier width ratio gradually changes. Use the virtual crystal approximation to design a GaAs/AlAs parabolicwell where the level spacing for the electron is approximately 8meV. (Hint: This isthe harmonic oscillatorproblem.)

1. A firm’s annual revenues are $635,00 Its expenses for the year are $428,000, and it claims $129,000 in depreciation expenses. Due to recent (2018) tax law changes, use a flat 21% corporate tax rate to calculate taxes.
   1. Calculate Taxes owed
   2. Calculate after-tax income (aka AFIT Net Income)?
   3. Calculate after-tax cash flow. (AFIT Cash Flow)

Consider the Solow model economic production function,

Y = A * K^a * L^(1-a)

Assume the following initial conditions:

A = 1.2

a = 0.27

K = 16

L = 112

Additionally, you know that depreciation rate is 11 % and the savings rate is 12 %. Assuming no changes in any of the parameters, besides the change in K over time,

what is the long-run equilibrium level of output?

2. Answer the following questions regarding bond valuation.
   1. What is the price of a $1,000 par value bond with a 6% coupon rate paid semiannually, if the bond is priced to yield 4% and it has five years to maturity?
   2. Following a, what would be the price of the bond if the coupon is paid quarterly?
   3. Explain how the calculation changes, given semi-annual coupons in (a) versus quarterly coupons in (b).