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Write your own routine to solve a system of n linear equations and n unknowns using...

Write your own routine to solve a system of n linear equations and n unknowns using the LU decomposition. Input should take an augmented matrix and the number of equations n. Output should be the augmented matrix. L and U matrices and the solution. Also compare your results to those of Matlab’s built in LU decomposition. Use your code to solve the systems given as (a) and (b) below: a) 3a − 2b + c = −3, a − 4b + 2c + 2d = 6, a + 3b = 5, −3a + 7b + 9c + d = 5

In: Advanced Math

Your company's stock sells for $50 per share, its last dividend (D0) was $2.00, its growth...

Your company's stock sells for $50 per share, its last dividend (D0) was $2.00, its growth rate is a constant 5 percent, and the company would incur a flotation cost of 15 percent if it sold new common stock. Net income for the coming year is expected to be $500,000, the firm's payout ratio is 60 percent, and its common equity ratio is 30 percent. If the firm has a capital budget of $1,000,000, what component cost of common equity will be built into the WACC for the last dollar of capital the company raises?

In: Finance

The figure represents an insect caught at the midpoint of a spider-web thread. The thread breaks...

The figure represents an insect caught at the midpoint of a spider-web thread. The thread breaks under a stress of 9.2 × 108 N/m2 and a strain of 2.00. Initially, it was horizontal and had a length of 3.5 cm and a cross-sectional area of 9.5 × 10-12 m2. As the thread was stretched under the weight of the insect, its volume remained constant. If the weight of the insect puts the thread on the verge of breaking, what is the insect's mass? (A spider's web is built to break if a potentially harmful insect, such as a bumble bee, becomes snared in the web.)

In: Physics

Problem 4. a) We define the standard deviation to be the average of all deviations from...

Problem 4.
a) We define the standard deviation to be the average of all deviations from the mean. To express this definition mathematically, explain why we need to take the square of deviations, divide by n-1, and then take the square root.
b) Use the formula above to find the standard deviation s of the following sample
X= {2, 3, 4, 6, 7 }.
c) Use the built-in statistics function “1-Var Stats” in your TI-84 calculator to verify your
answer above (show the “complete” output).

In: Statistics and Probability

A. A disk of radius 0.15 m spins at a rate of 18 rad/s. What is...

A. A disk of radius 0.15 m spins at a rate of 18 rad/s. What is the linear speed of a point on its outer rim? How long does it take that point to make a complete revolution? What would be given as the frequency in hertz of this motion?

B. A mass and spring system is built with a spring constant of 5.0 N/m and a mass of 2 kg. What is its period of oscillation? What length would a simple pendulum have to have to make an identical mass oscillate with that same period?

In: Physics

A contractor builds two types of homes. The Carolina requires one lot, $160,000 capital, and 160...

A contractor builds two types of homes. The Carolina requires one lot, $160,000 capital, and 160 worker-days of labor, whereas the Savannah requires one lot, $240,000 capital, and 160 worker-days of labor. The contractor owns 300 lots and has $48,000,000 available capital and 43,200 worker-days of labor. The profit on the Carolina is $60,000 and the profit on the Savannah is $70,000.

1)Find how many of each type of home should be built to maximize profit.

aCarolina homes

bSavannah homes

2Find the maximum possible profit.

In: Advanced Math

If you were a senior executive at Alibaba, would you have made the same decision? Which...

If you were a senior executive at Alibaba, would you have made the same decision? Which of the following would you recommend for taking the company's stock public?

a. List on the New York Stock Exchange to avoid China's governance structure rules.
b. Keep the company private and seek additional private investors to raise capital.
c. List on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to show confidence in the Chinese economy and allow the Chinese consumers who have built up the Alibaba brand to buy stock in the company.

In: Economics

Deb lives in a jurisdiction where all residential swimming pools are required by law to be...

Deb lives in a jurisdiction where all residential swimming pools are required by law to be enclosed by a fence that is at least six feet tall in order to prevent accidental drowning. Deb built a pool in her backyard a couple of months ago, but she hasn't had the extra money with which to build the fence. Unfortunately, one of the neighborhood children goes swimming in the pool and drowns. The parents of the child sue Deb. Discuss how the parents would likely go about proving their case and the elements that would be required.

In: Operations Management

Construct a finite-state machine, using combinational logic for an apple vending machine that only accepts nickels...

Construct a finite-state machine, using combinational logic for an apple vending machine that only accepts nickels (5 cents). When 15 cents is deposited the user can push a button to receive an apple and the machine resets. If the user inserts more than 15 cents no money will be returned.

  1. What are the machine states?
  2. What are the inputs?
  3. What are the outputs?
  4. Draw state table
  5. Draw state diagram
  6. Write the combinational logic for next state and output
  7. Explain if you built a Mealy or Moore machine

In: Computer Science

ABC Corporation owned a business warehouse that was destroyed by fire on October 1, 2020. On...

  1. ABC Corporation owned a business warehouse that was destroyed by fire on October 1, 2020. On December 1, 2020 the corporation received an insurance payment of $900,000 for the loss. The corporation’s basis in the warehouse just prior to the loss was $500,000. The corporation would like to use the involuntary conversion rules to defer as much gain as possible. Assume the corporation built a new warehouse on the old site within the required timeframe and incurred construction costs of $950,000.  
  1. How much gain would be taxable?
  1. What would be the corporation’s basis in the new building?

In: Accounting