For this week's discussion, the focus will be on examining Porter's Five Forces as a tool for looking at the pressures on profits. Specifically, you will be looking at defining Porter's Five Forces and applying this tool to the market structures and pressures on profits of a chosen group of firms.

Instructions

In your discussion post, address the following:

• Chose one of the following groups and use Porter's Five Forces to analyze the pressures on profits for your chosen group's firms.
  • Group 1: the accommodations industry (e.g., Hilton, Marriott Bonvoy, InterContintental Hotel Group).
  • Group 2: the wireless telecommunications industry (e.g., Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile).
• If you want to dig deeper into how one of the firms views the challenges it faces, you might want to look at the firm's investor page.

2.(a) Ball A is released from rest. It collides with the stationary ball B with a velocity 3.2 m/s; immediately after the collision ball A travels in the same direction with velocity 2.3 m/s.   

Ball A has mass 0.26 kg; ball B has mass 0.07 kg.

Calculate

(i) the velocity of ball B immediately after the collision..

(ii) the maximum height reached by ball B.

(b) A driver is travelling at a constant speed of 15.4 m/s in a 1800 kg car.

At this speed he then enters a large empty car park, and makes a U-turn, travelling in a complete half-circle of radius r.

The friction force between the tyres and the ground is 12.4 kN.

Calculate r.

In the case Las Vegas Sands v. Nehme, reported on page 380 of your textbook, the casino's "marker" was found by the court to be a negotiable instrument. The Venetian (a hotel owned by Las Vegas Sands LLC) was then allowed to sued Nehme for not paying a negotiable instrument. In a 500 word paper discuss the required elements for a negotiable instrument. Is it feasible that the casino marker contained all of these elements? Explain whether or not you think that gambling casinos should be able to advance credit to gamblers. From what you know about how alcohol affects a person's capacity to contract, is the fact that most gamblers are also consuming alcohol a factor in your decision? Do you think people would not gamble as much if casinos did not offer "markers?"

1. Juan Martinez was reviewing his recent bank credit card account statement when he found two charges involving a hotel room rental and a meal, purchased on the same day in a city than Juan knew he had not been to. Their charges totaled $229.99 out of Juan’s $529.99 balance for the month.

a. What payment should Juan make on the account?

b. How should he notify the credit card issuer about the unauthorized use?

c. Once the matter is resolved, what should Juan do to ensure that his credit history is not negatively affected by this error?

2. Explain the conditions that might make bankruptcy necessary. How might you use the services of a credit counselor?

What is the management fee (1) on a per available room basis and (2) as a percentage of total revenue for a 255-room hotel located in California that had an occupancy level of 62%, ADR of $84.53, a room revenue to total revenue % of 56.4%, and a gross operating profit % of 24.8%? The management fee agreement stipulated that the company would receive 3% of gross revenue, and 10% of gross operating profit.

1. lease use the information from Question 10 to calculate the Total mgmt fee.

               Total mgmt fee (round to whole number) $ ___

2. Please use the information from Question 10 to calculate the Mgmt fee on PAR basis.

            Mgmt fee on PAR basis (round to two decimal places) $ ___ PAR/yea

For this week's discussion, the focus will be on examining Porter's Five Forces as a tool for looking at the pressures on profits. Specifically, you will be looking at defining Porter's Five Forces and applying this tool to the market structures and pressures on profits of a chosen group of firms.

Instructions

In your discussion post, address the following:

• Chose one of the following groups and use Porter's Five Forces to analyze the pressures on profits for your chosen group's firms.
  • Group 1: the accommodations industry (e.g., Hilton, Marriott Bonvoy, InterContintental Hotel Group).
  • Group 2: the wireless telecommunications industry (e.g., Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile).
• If you want to dig deeper into how one of the firms views the challenges it faces, you might want to look at the firm's investor page.

A new study was done that included responses from 600 randomly sampled quests, of which 55% said they register using the hotel website. If the true proportion were 50% or less, what is the probability your sample data would produce a sample proportion of 55% or higher? Be sure to set up the two competing hypotheses and provide a statistical conclusion statement at a 2% level of significance for your results.

(Be sure to write out/ calculate how you find X, thank you) (Also, if you know how to find the type 1 error can you explain how you got it?)

2. Using Minitab, repeat the problem. Copy and paste it, please. (can't find it, This is really confusing!)

Theresa Nunn is planning a​ 30-day vacation on Pulau​ Penang, Malaysia, one year from now. The present charge for a luxury suite plus meals in Malaysian ringgit​ (RM) is RM1,043​/day. The Malaysian ringgit presently trades at RM3.1350​/$. She determines that the dollar cost today for a​ 30-day stay would be $9,980.86. The hotel informs her that any increase in its room charges will be limited to any increase in the Malaysian cost of living. Malaysian inflation is expected to be 2.7191​% ​annum, while U.S. inflation is expected to be 1.252​%.

a. How many dollars might Theresa expect to need one year hence to pay for her​ 30-day vacation?

b. By what percent will the dollar cost have gone​ up? Why?

Theresa Nunn is planning a​ 30-day vacation on Pulau​ Penang, Malaysia, one year from now. The present charge for a luxury suite plus meals in Malaysian ringgit​ (RM) is RM1,043​/day. The Malaysian ringgit presently trades at RM3.1350​/$. She determines that the dollar cost today for a​ 30-day stay would be $9,980.86. The hotel informs her that any increase in its room charges will be limited to any increase in the Malaysian cost of living. Malaysian inflation is expected to be 2.7357​% ​annum, while U.S. inflation is expected to be 1.22​%.

a. How many dollars might Theresa expect to need one year hence to pay for her​ 30-day vacation?

b. By what percent will the dollar cost have gone​ up? Why?

Identify the sampling method for each scenario.

1. (a) An orchard farmer subdivides his orchard into 40 parcels of land. He randomly selects 4 parcels and inspects every tree on those parcels for the presence of a particular fungus.
2. (b) A librarian inspects every fifth book on a shelf starting with the second to determine the number of items missing bar codes.
3. (c) A hotel leaves customer satisfaction cards in each guest room. At the end of the week, the general manager reads all 60 cards that were filled out by guests that week.
4. (d) The College of Engineering randomly selects samples from each of its four branches (mechanical, civil, chemical, electrical) to assess the effectiveness of a new program for student advising.