ECO 345 – BOP Assignment Determine how each of the following transactions are entered into the US balance of payments?

1. Boeing Corporation sells five passenger planes to China for $35,000,000 China pays $5,000,000 of this amount in cash out her dollar deposits with Citibank in New York. The remainder of the amount is financed by the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

We will use El Paso information for our python script to compute property taxes for a home. We will default and use the Ysleta Independent School District tax rate for our school (more complete lookups will allow you to compute taxes based on exact address.) The taxing entities, and their respective tax rates per $100 is shown below:

Jurisdiction Total Rate ($) per $100

YSLETA ISD 1.3533

CITY OF EL PASO 0.907301

COUNTY OF EL PASO 0.488997

UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER OF EL PASO 0.267747

EL PASO COMMUNITY COLLEGE 0.141167

Python Script Instructions: Create a loop that will allow the user to input a property value and calculate its related tax payment. Output property information as described below. The user will be asked to continue for another property or quit.

This will be a script broken into functions. It must include (may include more):

• Main function • Calculate property tax function

• Output information function called from Calculate function. Output will include the amount for each jurisdiction, and amount owed per year.

Other important information: We will assume each property value is eligible for a 10% Homestead Exemption of the property’s value. For example, if a property value is $100,000, the person would receive an exemption of $10,000. Their property taxes would be calculated on $90,000.

Don’t forget the rate is applied per $100 (i.e. you have to divide the amount for each jurisdiction you calculated by 100)

Sample calculation: Property value: $175,000 Yearly taxes owed: $4,974.66

Construction industry is considered as mother of all industries. It is industry of many industries. It is labor intensive and has the lowest capital cost for job creation. Pakistan is 6th largest country in terms of population with high rate of migration from rural to urban centers. According to one estimate about one-half of the households in urban area do not have their own house. There is therefore a great untapped potential for construction industry in the country The government in an effort to fulfill its promise of providing houses and creating employment opportunities has recently declared construction as an industry. It has offered several incentives to builders besides giving amnesty on investment that is the source of income will not be asked from the buyers and investors in the industry.
Required:
a-   Explain in brief the volume and value scope of construction industry in Pakistan.
b-   While explaining the economic importance highlight the socio-economic role of construction industry.
c-   Do you think that the package announced for construction industry is effective enough to boost the in industry? If yes/No, explain why?

virtual team. Chances are that you will be working some day in a virtual team, and most of you will also be assigned to be the leader of that virtual team. Chances are even greater because the corona virus has changed the world. But virtual teams are very difficult to lead because when there is no face-to-face interaction, then social dynamics do not develop (remember that listing the social dynamics [roles, norms, cohesion...] : how can a leader make a virtual team work effectively?

Question

(A) research virtual teams, so that you can understand them, (B) then develop a hypothesis on what the virtual team leader can do to make a virtual team become effective, then (C) apply your hypothesis to an example (real or imagined)

It is known that the duration of trouble-free operation of a new vacuum cleaner is normally distributed with a standard deviation of 98 days. The research department randomly selects 25 customers who bought these vacuum cleaners and records the duration of trouble-free operation to construct a 95% confidence interval for population mean duration of trouble-free operation. The critical value needed is _________ a. 1.96 b. 1.645 c. 2.064 d. Insufficient information to compute the critical value

A rock is thrown downward from a tower with an initial speed of 32.2 m/s. If it hits the ground in under 2 seconds how high is the tower?

I have some chemistry questions. please get all the answers correct ;)

a) Calculate the standard cell potential for the following cell

Zn (s) | Zn²⁺ (aq) (1M) || Co²⁺ (aq) (1M) | Co (s)

answer = __________V

b) The following cell was constructed and found to produce a voltage of 1.08 V.

Co (s) | Co²⁺ (aq) (1M) || Ag⁺ (aq) (1M) | Ag (s)

Calculate the standard reduction potential for Ag⁺ (aq) | Ag (s)

answer = _______V

c) Which of these species is the best oxidising agent?

Standard Reduction Potentials

Cu²⁺ | Cu    +0.34V

Ni²⁺ | Ni     �0.24V

Co²⁺ | Co    �0.28V

Fe²⁺ | Fe        �0.44V

Zn²⁺ | Zn    �0.76V

Mg²⁺ | Mg       �2.36V

Explain the difference between weak-field and strong-field metal complexes.

(around 200 words please)

The following case relates to the next two questions. A 46-year-old man finds that, over a period of time, he has progressive bilateral weakness of both upper and lower limbs beginning with the muscles of the hands. However, testing reveals that sensory functions appear normal. Eventually, this individual is found to have wasting of muscles, fasciculations, and evidence of upper motor neuron (UMN) dysfunction together with an increase in tendon reflexes. After a few additional months, the patient develops facial weakness and an inability to swallow (dysphagia). Further analysis reveals abnormalities in the electromyegram (EMG) of the upper and lower extremities, denervation atrophy. However, the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) remains normal.

Question 1. This patient is most likely suffering from

1. MS
2. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
3. Poliomyelitis
4. Myasthenia gravis
5. Cerebral cortical stroke

Question 2. The neuronal regions affected include

1. Dorsal horns of the spinal cord
2. Lateral columns of the spinal cord
3. Ventral horns of the spinal cord
4. Dorsal columns and ventral horns of the spinal cord
5. Ventral horns and lateral horns of the spinal cord

In addition,

1. you should provide the reason of why you made your choice.
2. try to explain the cause of denervation muscle atrophy.

Following an unanticipated dollar appreciation, would you recommend that a domestic manufacturing company such as Cummins Engine outsource some of its manufacturing abroad? No or Yes

Purchasing Power Parity

1. (1 Point) Define the Law of One Price (LOOP), the Absolute Pur- chasing Power Parity (Abs. PPP), and the Relative Purchasing Power Parity (Rel. PPP).

2. (4 Points) Prove mathematically that the LOOP implies the Abs. PPP and the Rel. PPP.

3. (5 Points) Discuss how the LOOP, Abs. PPP, and Rel. PPP can fail.

Your friend wants to start an ecommerce website to commercialize some crafts she has been creating. She has approached you for an explanation on the basics to start an ecommerce website.

Write a 1 - 2 page essay explaining to your friend what she needs to know to begin an e-commerce website. As part of your essay make sure you include:

• A definition of what ecommerce is.

• A definition of the Internet and the World Wide Web, and how they are used to facilitate ecommerce.

• Categories of ecommerce, and the category that your friend would beimplementing.

• How the key components of an eBusiness solution work (front end/ back end).

• The steps your friend would follow to set up an ecommerce website:

o Selecting an eCommerce business strategy

o Getting a domain name

o Developing a site (tools, design, services)

o Deciding whether to develop/host the site herself or seek an external host service provider (identify the pros/cons of each decision)

o Implementing a methodto collect payments

o Establishing basic management methods to mitigate typical security threats (describe some typical threats)

Present below are a few of the best methods in designing and managing budgets for healthcare organizations.

* Using comparative benchmarks

* Setting accurate, high-performance department budgets

* Establishing a culture of accountability

* Managing expenses

* Monitoring variances and requiring corrective action plans

* Employing a balanced scorecard

(Assignment) Please choose five from the list above and discuss how these methods can improve the overall budgeting objectives and accomplish strategic financial goals.

Feather Friends, Inc., distributes a high-quality wooden birdhouse that sells for $80 per unit. Variable expenses are $40.00 per unit, and fixed expenses total $200,000 per year. Its operating results for last year were as follows:

Required:

Answer each question independently based on the original data:

1. What is the product's CM ratio?

2. Use the CM ratio to determine the break-even point in dollar sales.

3. If this year's sales increase by $42,000 and fixed expenses do not change, how much will net operating income increase?

4-a. What is the degree of operating leverage based on last year's sales?

4-b. Assume the president expects this year's sales to increase by 14%. Using the degree of operating leverage from last year, what percentage increase in net operating income will the company realize this year?

5. The sales manager is convinced that a 14% reduction in the selling price, combined with a $63,000 increase in advertising, would increase this year's unit sales by 25%.

a. If the sales manager is right, what would be this year's net operating income if his ideas are implemented?

b. If the sales manager's ideas are implemented, how much will net operating income increase or decrease over last year?

6. The president does not want to change the selling price. Instead, he wants to increase the sales commission by $2.40 per unit. He thinks that this move, combined with some increase in advertising, would increase this year's sales by 25%. How much could the president increase this year's advertising expense and still earn the same $880,000 net operating income as last year?