1. Prepare a trend analysis from the following sales, assuming a base year of 2015. Round to the nearest whole percent.

                           2018        2017        2016        2015

Sales $25,000 $60,000 $50,000   $70,000

Subject : Critical Thinking

Need a Summary in 200-300 words.

Consciousness Isn’t a Mystery. It’s Matter.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/16/opinion/consciousness-isnt-a-mystery-its-matter.html

What strategic issues confront LVMH in 2016? What market or internal circumstances should most concern CEO Bernard Arnault and his company’s senior leadership team?

Cite your sources.

1. How many of the reforms set forth in the Affordable Care Act have been implemented, how successful were they, and which ones (if any) have been undone following the November 2016 elections?

in Java

Write a function that inputs a 4 digit year and outputs the ROMAN numeral year
M is 1,000
C is 100
L is 50
X is 10
I is 1
Test with 2016 and 1989

- Make a table which shows the difference between the security features and functionalities of windows server 2016 and windows server 2012 and which one is more secure

PLEASE USE YOUR OWN WORDS!!

1) a negatively charged rod is brought near a second rod that is neutral and suspended from a non conducting spring. The second rod begins to move toward the negative rod, showing attraction of the two rods. after the first rod is removed, the second rod... a) has no net charge. b) has a positive net charge. c) has a negative net charge. d) is polarized with one positive and one negative end

2) An isolated solid metal sphere that sits on an insulating stand is given a net charge of -10 uC. Which of the following statements best describes the charged sphere? A) the net charge will be evenly throughout the volume (B) The net charge will be distributed evenly over the surface of the sphere (C) The net charge will concentrate on the side of the sphere near the insulating stand D) The net charge will be distributed evenly, with half the charge on the outside of the sphere, and half the charge on the inside.

3) Four equally charged positive particles are held in position in a square arrangement, so that each side of the square has a length R. What is the net force on an electron placed in the center of the square? .a) F= 3kq^2/R2 (B) F=4kq^2/R2 C) F=sqrt2 Kq^2/r^2 (D) 0

4) In a laboratory, an oil droplet carrying a two-electron charge is observed to hover between electrically charged plates so that the electric force upward is equal to the gravitational force downward. Which of the following expressions can be used to determine the mass of the oil droplet?

5) The theoretical distance of an electron (in its ground state) from the proton nucleus of a hydrogen atom is called the Bohr radius, which is approximately 5.29 X 10-11 m. What is the electric force of the proton on the electron at this distance?

Larsen Company is a manufacturer of car seats. Each car seat passes through 1st the assembly department and 2nd testing department. This problem focuses on the testing department. Direct materials are added when the testing department process is 90% complete. Conversion costs are added evenly during the testing department’s process. As work in assembly is completed, each unit is immediately transferred to testing. As each unit is completed in testing, it is immediately transferred to Finished Goods. Suppose that Larsen Company uses FIFO in all of its departments. Data for the testing department for October 2014 are as follows:

                                                   Physical      Transferred-          Direct             Conversion

                                                       units          In Costs           Materials                    Costs

Beg. work in process ^a                   7,500        $2,800,000        $0 $835,460

Transferred in currently                 ? =_____ <------ question

Units Completed [UC]                      26,300

End. work in process ^b                     3,700

Total costs added currently        - - - - - - -          $7,735,250       $9,704,700          $3,955,900

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^aDegree of completion: transferred-in,?____%; direct materials,0%; conversion, 70%.

^bDegree of completion: transferred-in costs,100%; direct materials,0%; conversion costs, 60%.

[And answer Question 1-5 step by step]

Required: Fill in the blanks ABOVE and below. Grading will NOT consider your format and step-by-step solution:

1.a. Are the %s on Beg. Inventory REQUIRED for YOU to compute the equivalent units in the Required Item 1 below? Y/N? ____.

1.b. Compute the Current-period’s equivalent units in the TESTING department:

For the Transferred-in ______________, Direct Material ________________, and Conversion _____________________.

2. Is the total equivalent units the total of OUTPUT or INPUT done? My answer is it’s ________.

4. Calculate the Current-period’s Cost per equivalent unit for:

the Transferred-in ______________, Direct Material ________________, and

Conversion _______________.

5. Assign costs to the units completed and transferred out: $___________________;

and to those in ending work in process: $___________________.

Modern (MPT) and Post-Modern (PMPT) Portfolio Theory  

Harry Markowitz (1952/1957/1959) developed Modern P ortfolio Theory (MPT). Graph the Expected Return on the Portfolio (E(r)p) vs. th e Portfolio Standard Deviation (Show). Show the Rf rate, Capital Allocation Line (CAL), Ef ficient Frontier (EF) Umbrella, Tangency of the CAL/EF along with Utility Curves (U C), show how risk- averse/institutional investors have to lower their utility to get to the Market Basket (M) tangency point. Show how you can move up and down t he Efficient Frontier by buying/selling bonds to reallocate your portfolio b etween stocks and bonds, raising and lowing return and risk, how you can jump off the Ef ficient Frontier and up and down the CAL through the use of leverage or lending. And, sh ow how you can bow out the EF by allocating your portfolio to Alternative Investment s (AI). Give examples of AIs, and what would be the target/model portfolio for the next 30 years for risk-adjusted/institutional investors? Show how they can be better off using th e Inverse Coefficient of Variation (CV) Equation? What two objectives are you as the p ortfolio manager trying to achieve? Show how Cash Value Life Insurance (CVLI) as a uniq ue alternative asset class can allow your clients portfolio return jump off the ef ficient frontier and onto a higher Utility Curve (UC).

1. Normal Efficient Frontier (Positive Risk-Free Rate):

2. Normal Efficient Frontier (Negative Risk-Free Rate):

On October 31, 2016, Quesnell Corp. (QC), a publicly accountable entity, sold inventory to a customer in exchange for a $ 450,000, three-year, 3% note receivable. QC’s incremental borrowing rate at the inception of the note receivable was 4%, and the customer’s incremental borrowing rate was 7%. QC’s original cost of the inventory sold was $325,000.

QC collected the note in full on October 31, 2019. Interest was received annually on October 31, and the first interest payment was received on October 31, 2017, as per the terms of the note.

QC has a year end of October 31.

Required:
Prepare the journal entries relating to this transaction for the full three-year period from October 31, 2016, to October 31, 2019.