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Two stars of mass M?1 and M?2<M?1 are orbiting eachother in a circular orbit. The heavy...

Two stars of mass M?1 and M?2<M?1 are orbiting eachother in a circular orbit. The heavy star experiences a supernova explosion, losing most of its mass in a spherically symmetric outflow (i.e. without losing angular momentum) and leaving behind a small neutron star of mass M??NS. Show that if the mass lost is larger then half of the total mass of the system, the binary is disrupted.

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The Harding Corporation has $50 million of bonds outstanding that were issued at a coupon rate...

The Harding Corporation has $50 million of bonds outstanding that were issued at a coupon rate of 10.25 percent seven years ago. Interest rates have fallen to 9 percent. Preston Alter, the vice-president of finance, does not expect rates to fall any further. The bonds have 18 years left to maturity, and Preston would like to refund the bonds with a new issue of equal amount also having 18 years to maturity. The Harding Corporation has a tax rate of 25 percent. The underwriting cost on the old issue was 2.5 percent of the total bond value. The underwriting cost on the new issue will be 1.8 percent of the total bond value. The original bond indenture contained a five-year protection against a call, with an 8 percent call premium starting in the sixth year and scheduled to decline by one-half percent each year thereafter (Consider the bond to be seven years old for purposes of computing the premium). Use Appendix D. (Round "PV factor" to 3 decimal places.)

a. Compute the discount rate. (Round the final answer to 2 decimal places.)

Discount rate            6.75 6.75 Correct %

b. Calculate the present value of total outflows. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter the answers in whole dollars, not in millions. Round the final answer to nearest whole dollar.)

Total outflows           $ 3436284 3436284 Incorrect

c. Calculate the present value of total inflows. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter the answers in whole dollars, not in millions. Round the final answer to nearest whole dollar.)

Total inflows           $ 4801477 4801477 Correct

d. Calculate the net present value. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to nearest whole dollar.)

Net present value           $ Not attempted

e. Should the Harding Corporation refund the old issue?

  • Yes

  • No

The Harding Corporation has $50 million of bonds outstanding that were issued at a coupon rate of 10.25 percent seven years ago. Interest rates have fallen to 9 percent. Preston Alter, the vice-president of finance, does not expect rates to fall any further. The bonds have 18 years left to maturity, and Preston would like to refund the bonds with a new issue of equal amount also having 18 years to maturity. The Harding Corporation has a tax rate of 25 percent. The underwriting cost on the old issue was 2.5 percent of the total bond value. The underwriting cost on the new issue will be 1.8 percent of the total bond value. The original bond indenture contained a five-year protection against a call, with an 8 percent call premium starting in the sixth year and scheduled to decline by one-half percent each year thereafter (Consider the bond to be seven years old for purposes of computing the premium). Use Appendix D. (Round "PV factor" to 3 decimal places.) a. Compute the discount rate. (Round the final answer to 2 decimal places.) Discount rate 6.75 6.75 Correct % b. Calculate the present value of total outflows. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter the answers in whole dollars, not in millions. Round the final answer to nearest whole dollar.) Total outflows $ 3436284 3436284 Incorrect c. Calculate the present value of total inflows. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter the answers in whole dollars, not in millions. Round the final answer to nearest whole dollar.) Total inflows $ 4801477 4801477 Correct d. Calculate the net present value. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to nearest whole dollar.) Net present value $ Not attempted e. Should the Harding Corporation refund the old issue? Yes No The The Harding Corporation has $50 million of bonds outstanding that were issued at a coupon rate of 10.25 percent seven years ago. Interest rates have fallen to 9 percent. Preston Alter, the vice-president of finance, does not expect rates to fall any further. The bonds have 18 years left to maturity, and Preston would like to refund the bonds with a new issue of equal amount also having 18 years to maturity. The Harding Corporation has a tax rate of 25 percent. The underwriting cost on the old issue was 2.5 percent of the total bond value. The underwriting cost on the new issue will be 1.8 percent of the total bond value. The original bond indenture contained a five-year protection against a call, with an 8 percent call premium starting in the sixth year and scheduled to decline by one-half percent each year thereafter (Consider the bond to be seven years old for purposes of computing the premium). Use Appendix D. (Round "PV factor" to 3 decimal places.) a. Compute the discount rate. (Round the final answer to 2 decimal places.) Discount rate 6.75 6.75 Correct % b. Calculate the present value of total outflows. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter the answers in whole dollars, not in millions. Round the final answer to nearest whole dollar.) Total outflows $ 3436284 3436284 Incorrect c. Calculate the present value of total inflows. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter the answers in whole dollars, not in millions. Round the final answer to nearest whole dollar.) Total inflows $ 4801477 4801477 Correct d. Calculate the net present value. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to nearest whole dollar.) Net present value $ Not attempted e. Should the Harding Corporation refund the old issue? Yes No

In: Finance

At the Three Little Pigs Processing Plant, the cooling step is a CCP and the critical...

At the Three Little Pigs Processing Plant, the cooling step is a CCP and the critical limit is 1.5 hours to get from 130 to 80°F. Develop a corrective action record for the following deviation, a monitor finds one lot of hot dogs required 3 hours to cool from 130 to 80F. Detail what you have to/would do - be as detailed as possible.

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Breakin Away Company has three employees-a consultant, a computer programmer, and an administrator. The following payroll...

Breakin Away Company has three employees-a consultant, a computer programmer, and an administrator. The following payroll information is available for each employee:

Consultant Computer Programmer Administrator
Regular earnings rate $3,310 per week $28 per hour $40 per hour
Overtime earnings rate Not applicable 1.5 times hourly rate 2 times hourly rate
Number of withholding allowances 3 2 1

For the current pay period, the computer programmer worked 60 hours and the administrator worked 50 hours. The federal income tax withheld for all three employees, who are single, can be determined by adding $356.90 to 28% of the difference between the employee's amount subject to withholding and $1,796.00. Assume further that the social security tax rate was 6%, the Medicare tax rate was 1.5%, and one withholding allowance is $70.

Determine the The total earnings of an employee for a payroll period.gross pay and the Gross pay less payroll deductions; the amount the employer is obligated to pay the employee.net pay for each of the three employees for the current pay period. Assume the normal working hours in a week are 40 hours. If required, round your answers to two decimal places.

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The following table contains observed frequencies for a sample of 200. Column Variable Row Variable A...

The following table contains observed frequencies for a sample of 200.

Column Variable
Row Variable A B C
P 20 44 50
Q 30 26 30

Test for independence of the row and column variables using a= .05

Compute the value of the  test statistic (to 2 decimals).

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You are trying to price two bonds that have the same maturity and par value but...

You are trying to price two bonds that have the same maturity and par value but different coupon rates and different required rates of return. Both bonds mature in 3 years and have par values of $1000. One bond has a coupon rate of 7% and a required rate of return of 7%. The other bond has a coupon rate of 5% and a required rate of return of 5%. What is the absolute value of the difference between the price of these two bonds?
$

You should set your calculator for at least four decimal places of accuracy.
Place your answer in dollars and cents.

Do not include a dollar sign or comma in your answer.

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An electronics firm manufactures two types of personal computers (PC), a desktop model and a laptop...

An electronics firm manufactures two types of personal computers (PC), a desktop model and a laptop model. The production of a desktop computer requires a capital expenditure of $400 and 40 hours of labor. The production of a laptop computer requires a capital expenditure of $250 and 30 hours of labor. The firm has $20,000 capital and 2,160 labor-hours available for production of desktop and laptop computers. Each desktop computer contributes a profit of $320 and each laptop computer contributes a profit of $220.

What are the corner points of the feasible region if we want to maximize the profit?

(a) (50, 0),(30, 32),(0, 72) ;

(b) (50, 0),(54, 0),(30, 32) ;

(c) (0, 80),(0, 72),(30, 32) ;

(d) (0, 0),(50, 0),(30, 32),(0, 72) ;

(e) (0, 0),(50, 0),(0, 72) ;

What are the decision variables if we want to maximize the profit?

(a) x1, x2 and x3 ;

(b) number of desktop and number of laptop to be made ;

(c) x and y ;

(d) x, y and z ;

(e) x1 and x

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4-22 (Objectives 4-5 , 4-7) Each of the following situations involves a possible violation of the...

4-22 (Objectives 4-5 , 4-7) Each of the following situations involves a possible violation of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct. For each situation, state the applicable rule of conduct and whether it is a violation.

  1. Emrich, CPA, provides tax services, management advisory services, and bookkeeping services and also conducts audits for the same nonpublic client. Because the firm is small, the same person often provides all the services.

  2. Steve Custer, CPA, set up a casualty and fire insurance agency to complement his auditing and tax services. He does not use his own name on anything pertaining to the insurance agency and has a highly competent manager, Jack Long, who runs it. Custer often requests Long to review the adequacy of a client’s insurance with management if it seems underinsured. He believes that he provides a valuable service to clients by informing them when they are underinsured.

  3. Seven small Seattle CPA firms have become involved in an information project by taking part in an interfirm working paper review program. Under the program, each firm designates two partners to review the audit files, including the tax returns and the financial statements, of another CPA firm taking part in the program. At the end of each review, the auditors who prepared the working papers and the reviewers have a conference to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the audit. They do not obtain authorization from the audit client before the review takes place.

  4. Franz Marteens is a CPA, but not a partner, with three years of professional experience with Roberts and Batchelor, CPAs. He owns 25 shares of stock in an audit client of the firm, but he does not take part in the audit of the client, and the amount of stock is not material in relation to his total wealth.

  5. A nonaudit client requests assistance of M. Wilkenson, CPA, in the installation of a local area network. Wilkenson has no experience in this type of work and no knowledge of the client’s computer system, so he obtains assistance from a computer consultant. The consultant is not in the practice of public accounting, but Wilkenson is confident of his professional skills. Because of the highly technical nature of the work, Wilkenson is not able to review the consultant’s work.

  6. In preparing the personal tax returns for a client, Sarah Milsaps, CPA, observed that the deductions for contributions and interest were unusually large. When she asked the client for backup information to support the deductions, she was told, “Ask me no questions, and I will tell you no lies.” Milsaps completed the return on the basis of the information acquired from the client.

  7. Roberta Hernandez, CPA, serves as controller of a U.S.-based company that has a significant portion of its operations in several South American countries. Certain government provisions in selected countries require the company to file financial statements based on international standards. Roberta oversees the issuance of the company’s financial statements and asserts that the statements are based on international financial accounting standards; however, the standards she uses are not those issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

  8. Archer Ressner, CPA, stayed longer than he should have at the annual holiday party of Ressner and Associates, CPAs. On his way home he drove through a red light and was stopped by a police officer, who observed that he was intoxicated. In a jury trial, Ressner was found guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol. Because this was not his first offense, he was sentenced to 30 days in jail and his driver’s license was revoked for one year.

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We assume that our wages will increase as we gain experience and become more valuable to...

We assume that our wages will increase as we gain experience and become more valuable to our employers. Wages also increase because of inflation. By examining a sample of employees at a given point in time, we can look at part of the picture. How does length of service (LOS) relate to wages? The data here (data336.dat) is the LOS in months and wages for 60 women who work in Indiana banks. Wages are yearly total income divided by the number of weeks worked. We have multiplied wages by a constant for reasons of confidentiality.

(a) Plot wages versus LOS. Consider the relationship and whether or not linear regression might be appropriate. (Do this on paper. Your instructor may ask you to turn in this graph.)

(b) Find the least-squares line. Summarize the significance test for the slope. What do you conclude?

Wages = +  LOS
t =
P =


(c) State carefully what the slope tells you about the relationship between wages and length of service.

This answer has not been graded yet.



(d) Give a 95% confidence interval for the slope.
(  ,  )

worker  wages   los     size
1       44.898  39      Large
2       85.8585 122     Small
3       37.6708 100     Small
4       44.1095 168     Small
5       47.756  25      Large
6       40.8481 22      Small
7       50.5179 27      Large
8       63.4659 70      Large
9       37.2126 86      Large
10      66.0707 95      Small
11      53.5897 56      Large
12      42.5586 18      Small
13      50.3493 129     Small
14      60.3041 75      Large
15      46.2348 93      Large
16      56.1494 23      Large
17      45.4136 15      Large
18      40.9541 44      Small
19      55.3183 26      Large
20      50.7934 58      Large
21      41.2603 79      Large
22      37.3516 19      Small
23      42.1137 30      Large
24      60.4141 88      Small
25      51.9331 119     Large
26      49.6191 20      Small
27      53.1292 116     Small
28      60.8961 62      Large
29      51.3743 31      Large
30      52.4964 42      Large
31      47.748  102     Small
32      47.1194 90      Large
33      60.6775 99      Large
34      70.5214 21      Small
35      39.4673 164     Large
36      50.4703 83      Large
37      66.2801 100     Large
38      62.3078 185     Small
39      43.79   18      Large
40      54.1258 56      Small
41      39.0053 174     Small
42      52.4289 59      Small
43      57.6612 89      Large
44      51.6591 17      Small
45      50.383  73      Large
46      38.2104 40      Small
47      52.421  78      Large
48      45.5227 55      Large
49      62.5477 53      Small
50      43.9493 58      Large
51      76.2546 87      Large
52      56.4322 110     Large
53      37.8525 64      Large
54      37.132  47      Small
55      50.4954 84      Small
56      49.1702 54      Large
57      41.8979 16      Small
58      45.3906 40      Large
59      57.8986 41      Small
60      40.3537 34      Large

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Suppose your research assistant screwed up and lost the information that linked the person’s identity across...

Suppose your research assistant screwed up and lost the information that linked the person’s identity across the two weight loss periods. This makes it impossible to run a paired t-test. Rather than start over:

a) Compute the mean and standard deviation of the two samples (2-pts)

b) Compute the two sample t-statistic (2pts)

c) How many degrees of freedom do you have(3pts)?

d) compute the P-value (4pts)

e) How does this P-value compare to the one you just computed using the paired ttest? (3pts))

Two Sample t-test (16pts):

Suppose you are interested in deciding if the 1990 Toyota Four Runner has been equally reliable as the 1990 Honda Passport. You go out a randomly sample of 5 people who own a 1990 Toyota and 5 other people who own a 1990 Honda and you ask them how often they have to take their vehicles in for maintenance. Here are your data (in thousands of miles):

Toyota: 30 35 32 34 30

Honda: 29 33 28 31 27

a) State the null and alternative hypotheses (2pts)

b) Compute the means and standard deviations of the two samples (2-pts)

c) Compute the two sample t-statistic (2 pts)

c) How many degrees of freedom do you have? (3pts)

d) Compute the P-value (4pts)

e) At an alpha = 0.05 would you accept or reject the null hypothesis? (3pts)

Please show work! thank you!

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