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Without plagiarism or copying word for word from the internet. Please write at least two strong...

Without plagiarism or copying word for word from the internet. Please write at least two strong paragraphs in response to the prompt below. Each paragraph should be 8-12 sentence for a total of 300-550 words. Use lots of examples.

Describe/explain/summarize a mental health issue that you are familiar with and one that you would like to know more about.

In: Psychology

Artificial Intelligence Assignment question 3 Using Alpha Beta pruning, reduce the search space provided below and...

Artificial Intelligence Assignment question 3

  1. Using Alpha Beta pruning, reduce the search space provided below and the necessary information.                                    

In: Computer Science

Newman plans to retire in 25 years and plans to withdraw end of the year payments...

Newman plans to retire in 25 years and plans to withdraw end of the year payments in the amount of $85,000 from

      his retirement account to allow him to enjoy the same standard of living he has enjoyed in life thus far. Newman’s

      financial planner has advised him that he should estimate his retirement will last 30 years and use a conservative

      8% annual rate of return in his financial planning. Newman does already have $75,000 already saved up for

      retirement, how much more does Newman need to save each year to reach his retirement goal?

       *Round answers to the nearest dollar

In: Finance

Demand for stereo headphones and MP3 players for joggers has caused Nina Industries to grow almost...

Demand for stereo headphones and MP3 players for joggers has caused Nina Industries to grow almost 50 percent over the past year. The number of joggers continues to expand, so Nina expects demand for headsets to also expand, because, as yet, no safety laws have been passed to prevent joggers from wearing them. Demand for the players for last year was as follows t (Month) y (Demand) 1 4200 2 4300 3 4000 4 4400 5 5000 6 4700 7 5300 8 4900 9 5400 10 5700 11 6300 12 6000 Using linear regression analysis, what would you estimate demand to be for each month next year?

In: Operations Management

The following information pertains to Fairways Driving Range, Inc.: The company is considering operating a new...

The following information pertains to Fairways Driving Range, Inc.:
The company is considering operating a new driving range facility in Sanford, FL. In order to do so, they will need to purchase a ball dispensing machine, a ball pick-up vehicle and a tractor and accessories for a total cost of $103,000. All of this depreciable equipment will be 5-year MACRS property. The project is expected to operate for 6 years, at the end of which the equipment will be sold for 25% of its original cost. Fairways expects to have $33,000 of fixed costs each year other than depreciation. These fixed costs include the cost of leasing the land for the driving range. Fairways expects to have sales for the first year of $103,000 based on renting 20,600 buckets of balls @ $5 per bucket. For years 2-6, they expect the number of buckets rented to steadily increase by 1,100 buckets per year, while the price will remain constant @ $4. Expenditures needed for buckets and balls each year are expected to be 23% of the gross revenues for the year. Fairways will be in the 35% tax bracket for all years in question.
The company has a required capital structure of 40% debt and 60% equity. They can issue new bonds to yield 5.5%. With respect to equity, the company’s beta is 1.85 the expected return on the market is 12% and the risk-free rate is 7%. Use this information to compute the company’s WACC and then use the WACC as the required return for this project. Please complete the following tables to determine the NPV for Fairways Driving Range, Inc.’s proposed Sanford venture. PLEASE ROUND ALL FIGURES TO THE NEAREST WHOLE DOLLAR!
For each year of the project, compute the profit margin and EPS (assuming that the firm has 16,000 shares of stock outstanding). Besides the net value of the fixed assets, the company also expects to have $20,000 of other assets. Compute the total assets for each year, use the 40%/60% ratio to determine the total amounts of liability and equity for each year, and use those figures to compute ROA and ROE for each year. Based on your financial analysis, prepare a paragraph or so of a summary from the stand point of a consultant. In this summary, provide your ideas about this project and what you think would be the best course of action for the company to follow and why. Remember to justify your answers with facts from your calculations as well as provide meaningful insight for the company.
0*
1
2
3
4
5
6
Sales
Variable Costs
Fixed Costs
Depreciation
EBIT
Taxes
Net Income
EBIT
Depreciation
Taxes
OCF
Net Capital Spending
Cash Flow From Assets
Present Value
NPV (just put overall NPV in Year 0 column)
Profit Margin
EPS
Total Assets
Total Liabilities
Total Equity
ROA
ROE
WACC Computation:
*The only amounts that you will have for year 0 will be Net Capital Spending, Cash Flow from Assets, Present Value and the overall NPV.

In: Finance

By now, you should have listened to the audio lecture, read the chapter, and taken the...

By now, you should have listened to the audio lecture, read the chapter, and taken the self-assessment and quiz. For this discussion activity, I want you to respond to the following question in the Discussion area in this learning module.

  • Tower cranes have tall vertical, latticed masts or towers and horizontal booms called "jibs". There are several different types of jibs available for tower cranes. List at least three jibs and briefly describe each jib type.

In: Civil Engineering

Anderson Associates is considering two mutually exclusive projects that have the following cash flows: Project A...

Anderson Associates is considering two mutually exclusive projects that have the following cash flows: Project A Project B Year Cash Flow Cash Flow

0 -$11,000 -$9,000

1 4,500 6,000

2 3,000 4,000

3 5,000 3,000

4 9,000 2,000

At what cost of capital do the two projects have the same net present value? (That is, what is the crossover rate?) Enter your answer rounded to two decimal places. Do not enter % in the answer box. For example, if your answer is 0.12345 or 12.345% then enter as 12.35 in the answer box.

In: Finance

By now, you should have listened to the audio lecture, read the chapter, and taken the...

By now, you should have listened to the audio lecture, read the chapter, and taken the self-assessment and quiz. For this discussion activity, I want you to respond to the following question in the Discussion area in this learning module.

  • Clamshells are one of the special excavator types and sometimes clamshells are compared with draglines. List and discuss at least three different points between the two (Dragline vs. Clamshell) in terms of operations, productivity, etc. Do research on the internet, if necessary.

In: Civil Engineering

#include <iostream> #include <iomanip> using namespace std; int main() {     int studentid, numberreverse[20], count =...

#include <iostream>

#include <iomanip>

using namespace std;

int main() {

    int studentid, numberreverse[20], count = 0, maximum = 0, minimum = 0;

    cout << "Enter your student ID number: ";

    cin >> studentid;

    cout << "Student ID Number = " << studentid << endl;

    while (studentid != 0)

    {

         numberreverse[count] = studentid % 10;

         if (count == 0)

         {

             minimum = numberreverse[count];

             maximum = minimum;

         }

         else

         {

             if (minimum > numberreverse[count]) minimum = numberreverse[count];

             if (maximum < numberreverse[count]) maximum = numberreverse[count];

         }

         count++;

         studentid = studentid / 10;

    }

    cout << "\nReversed Number is : ";

    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)

    cout << numberreverse[i];

    cout << "\nLargest Number is :" << maximum;

    cout << "\nSmallest Number is :" << minimum;

    return 0;

}

can u pls Write up to 10 lines to explain the logic used behind this code?

In: Computer Science

XYZ Corporation, an Australian based carmaker, is considering an expansion into Asia after its expansion into...

XYZ Corporation, an Australian based carmaker, is considering an expansion into Asia after its expansion into the US last summer was highly successful. Currently, XYZ does export cars to Asia, but the increased demand raises the question of an expansion in Asia. XYZ is trying to decide whether to establish a car manufacturing plant and office in Japan where cars would be built and then sold across Asia.

All relevant data is given in the tables below. The cost of the expansion is Yen 80,000,000, which must be immediately expended. Three-year EBITDA are 35,000,000 45,000,000 and 55,000,000 respectively. Moreover, XYZ would have to fund additional working capital of Yen 5,000,000 at the time of the expansion. Further investment in net working capital would be Yen 5,000,000, Yen 8,000,000, and Yen 10,000,000 in year 1, 2, and 3 respectively. If it builds the plant, XYZ will depreciate it at a rate of Yen 4,000,000 per year (starting in year 1) and will have to fund additional capital expenditures of Yen 8,000,000 per year to maintain and improve the plant. Although the project is assumed to have an infinite life, cash-flows are only projected up to three years and the terminal value of the project is computed based on the year 3 free cash-flow (FCF) assuming a growth rate that equals the Japanese long-run GDP growth rate.

All taxes are paid in Japan in the year the income is earned. Tax treaties are in effect so that XYZ will have no tax obligations to the Australian Tax Office (ATO). The following information applies to the valuation.

Japan

Australia

Price Inflation

2.00%

3.00%

Annual return on government bonds

3.00%

4.00%

Corporate tax rate

40.00%

30.00%

Equity market risk premium AUD

6.00%

Spot rate-S(AUD/Yen)

0.01

Before tax cost of debt

5.00%

Debt-to-value ratio (D/V)

0.5

Systematic risk (beta)

1.2

Japanese long-run GDP growth rate

3%

WACC

12.80%

Required:

  1. Calculate the cost of capital, in Australia, for the project.   
  2. Calculate the forward exchange rates, F1(AUD/Yen) through F3(AUD/Yen), for the years 1, 2, and 3 based on the spot rate and the interest rates given in the question. (round to 5 decimal places)   
  3. Calculate the Free of Cash Flows of the project in Yen from year 1 to year 3.   
  4. What is the terminal value as of year 3? Use a perpetuity formula, the Free Cash Flows in Yen for year 3, and the Japanese growth rate assumption given in the question. Assume the appropriate discount rate is WACC.                              
  5. Calculate the AUD value of FCF for the years 0, 1, 2 and 3 and the terminal value   using the forward rates calculated in (b).
  6. What is the NPV of the project from XYZ's perceptive (in AUD)? Should XYZ expand into the Asian market?

In: Finance

INDIANA CORPORATION …… is a bakery that is known for its strawberry cheesecake. It also makes...

INDIANA CORPORATION

…… is a bakery that is known for its strawberry cheesecake. It also makes 12 different kinds of cheesecake as well as many other types of bakery items. The company uses normal costing with direct-labor dollars as their base for allocating overhead to its various bakery products.

The company estimates overhead for the upcoming year of $421,000 and estimates direct labor of $2,000,000.

The following estimated information is available for their Strawberry Cheesecake product:

Annual production

17,500 units

Direct materials per unit

$6

Direct labor per unit

$2

Required:

  1. Compute the predetermined rate (overhead per dollar of labor) – Round this to TWO decimal places

  1. Determine the amount of estimated overhead applied to one unit of strawberry cheesecake (one cake) AND the estimated amount of overhead to be applied to that product line for the year

  1. What is the total estimated unit cost of the strawberry cheesecake?

NOW consider the following additional information about the estimated overhead of $421,000. You have analyzed this amount, and determined that the following breakdown and have identified appropriate activities that appear to cause, or drive these costs, as follows:

Overhead

Cost

Proposed Driver

Materials ordering

$ 72,000

Number of purchase orders

Materials inspection

75,000

Number of receiving reports

Equipment setup

105,000

Number of setups

Quality control

69,000

Number of inspections

Other

100,000

Direct labor cost

Total manufacturing overhead

$421,000

(estimated)

ASSUME that the following amounts of various cost drivers will be used for all products and for the Strawberry Cheesecake product:

Activity

All Products

Strawberry Cheesecake

Materials ordering

8,000 orders

100

Materials inspection

375 receiving reports

60

Equipment setup

3,000 setups

30

Quality control

3,000 inspections

150

Other

$2,000,000 direct labor

$35,000

  

  

  1. Briefly explain the process which the company went through in order to arrive at the overhead information AND activity/driver information provided immediately above.

  1. Given this additional information, do you still like the unit costs and estimated product costs for the year that you computed in #2 and #3 above? If not, explain WHY. Does the cost assignment above reflect the actual consumption of resources by the Strawberry Cheesecake product?

  1. Using ACTIVITY BASED COSTING and the information above. What new unit cost and estimated product cost would you propose management use? WHY is this preferable?

  1. Was the Strawberry Cheesecake mis-costed by using the “peanut butter costing” approach? If so, was it under- or over-costed AND by how much per unit?

  1. Using the original allocation base of direct labor hours, what percentage of the overhead costs were being assigned to the Strawberry Cheesecake?

  1. Compute the consumption rates of Strawberry Cheesecake for the activities indicated. What area or areas appear to be the “problem areas” in terms of product costing?

  1. Explain WHY, in plain English, your answer came out the way it did. WHY did ABC provide a better allocation in this case?

In: Accounting

In 1956, Frank Lloyd Wright proposed the construction of a mile-high building in Chicago. Suppose the...

In 1956, Frank Lloyd Wright proposed the construction of a mile-high building in Chicago. Suppose the building had been constructed. Ignoring Earth's rotation, find the change in your weight if you were to ride an elevator from the street level, where you weigh 757 N, to the top of the building.

In: Physics

Which of the collisions below should definitely be treated as inelastic collisions? A cream pie (TM)...

Which of the collisions below should definitely be treated as inelastic collisions?

A cream pie (TM) hitting a clown at 5 MPHTwo cars hitting each other head on at 15 MPHA bowling ball hitting a pin at 20 MPHTwo pool balls hitting each other head on at 10 MPHA superball hitting a concrete wall at 10 MPHA piece of clay going 10 m/s hitting a stationary bowling ball



Please explain the reasoning you used to answer the question above.

In: Physics

Write up to 10 lines to explain the logic used behind this code pls!!!!! *****************************************/ #include...

Write up to 10 lines to explain the logic used behind this code pls!!!!!

*****************************************/

#include <iostream>

#include <string>

#include <iomanip>

#include<activaut.h>

#include<activdbg.h>

using namespace std;

int main()

{

    int MatchesPlayed[6], MatchesWon[6], MatchesLost[6], MatchesDraw[6], MatchesPoints[6], TotalPoints[6];

    MatchesWon[0] = 3; MatchesLost[0] = 0; MatchesDraw[0] = 1; //India

    MatchesWon[1] = 2; MatchesLost[1] = 0; MatchesDraw[1] = 1; //NZ

    MatchesWon[2] = 0; MatchesLost[2] = 3; MatchesDraw[2] = 0; //Australia

    MatchesWon[3] = 1; MatchesLost[3] = 2; MatchesDraw[3] = 1; //West Indies

    MatchesWon[4] = 1; MatchesLost[4] = 0; MatchesDraw[4] = 1; //SA

    MatchesWon[5] = 1; MatchesLost[5] = 3; MatchesDraw[5] = 0; //England

    int TotalPlayed = 0, TotalWon = 0, TotalLost = 0, TotalDraw = 0, TP = 0;

    for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++)

    {

        MatchesPlayed[i] = MatchesWon[i] + MatchesLost[i] + MatchesDraw[i]; //MATCHES FOR EACH TEAM

        TotalPoints[i] = 2 * MatchesWon[i] - 1 * MatchesLost[i] + 1 * MatchesDraw[i]; //POINTS FOR TEAMS

        TotalPlayed = TotalPlayed + MatchesPlayed[i];

        TotalWon = TotalWon + MatchesWon[i];

        TotalLost = TotalLost + MatchesLost[i];

        TotalDraw = TotalDraw + MatchesDraw[i];

        TP = TP + TotalPoints[i];

    }

    cout << "                                                     2019 Cricket WorldCup \n ";

    cout << "Countries             Matches_Played      Matches_Won      Matches_Lost      Draw/Rain      Total_Points\n";

    cout << "---------             --------------      -----------      ------------      ---------      ------------\n";

    cout << "INDIA                      " << MatchesPlayed[0] << "                   " << MatchesWon[0] << "                 " << MatchesLost[0] << "               " << MatchesDraw[0] << "               " << TotalPoints[0] << "\n";

    cout << "NZ                         " << MatchesPlayed[1] << "                   " << MatchesWon[1] << "                 " << MatchesLost[1] << "               " << MatchesDraw[1] << "               " << TotalPoints[1] << "\n";

    cout << "AUSTRALIA                  " << MatchesPlayed[2] << "                   " << MatchesWon[2] << "                 " << MatchesLost[2] << "               " << MatchesDraw[2] << "               " << TotalPoints[2] << "\n";

    cout << "WEST INDIES                " << MatchesPlayed[3] << "                  " << MatchesWon[3] << "                 " << MatchesLost[3] << "               " << MatchesDraw[3] << "               " << TotalPoints[3] << "\n";

    cout << "SA                         " << MatchesPlayed[4] << "                   " << MatchesWon[4] << "                 " << MatchesLost[4] << "               " << MatchesDraw[4] << "               " << TotalPoints[4] << "\n";

    cout << "ENGLAND                    " << MatchesPlayed[5] << "                   " << MatchesWon[5] << "                 " << MatchesLost[5] << "               " << MatchesDraw[5] << "               " << TotalPoints[5] << "\n";

    cout << "TOTAl                      " << TotalPlayed << "                  " << TotalWon << "                 " << TotalLost << "               " << TotalDraw << "               " << TP << "\n";

    return 0;

}

In: Computer Science

A particle with charge +7.60 nC is inside a uniform electric field directed to the left....

A particle with charge +7.60 nC is inside a uniform electric field directed to the left. Another force, in addition to the electric force, acts on the particle so that when it is released from rest, it moves to the right. After it has moved 8.00 cm, the additional force has done 6.5010-5 J of work and the particle has 4.3510-5 J of kinetic energy. (a) What work was done by the electric force? (b) What is the potential of the starting point with respect to the end point? (c) What is the magnitude of the electric field?

In: Electrical Engineering