Problem Set #2 Ec 370 Summer‚ 2013 Michigan State University M. Naretta 1. Another popular sport on SASN is One-out‚ Two-base baseball. In this sport there are‚ obviously‚ two bases: home and 2nd. The batter hits the ball and runs to 2nd. If he or she (it’s a co-ed sport) gets a hit‚ then the batter is on second. If it’s an out‚ then the inning is over and the other team gets to bat. Suppose that it’s a hit. Then the next batter bats with a runner on 2nd base. If that
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Problem Set 3 1. Louise McIntyre’s monthly gross income is $2‚000. Her employer withholds $400 in federal‚ state‚ and local income taxes and $160 in Social Security taxes per month. Louise contributes $80 per month for her IRA. Her monthly credit payments for VISA‚ MasterCard‚ and Discover card are $35‚ $30‚ and $20‚ respectively. Her monthly payment on an automobile loan is $285. What is Louise’s debt payments-to-income ratio? Is Louise living within her means? Louise’s Gross Income | =
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A-3 (Coverage ratio) The firm in the two preceding problems also had $6 million of principal repayments during the latest 12 months. Its marginal tax rate is 40%. Calculate the debt service coverage ratio. Debt-Service Coverage Ratio = (EBIT + 1/3 Rentals) / (Interest Expense + 1/3 Rentals + Principal Repayments / (1 - T)) = ($30 + $15 / 3) / ($10 + $15 / 3 + $6 / (1 - 0.40)) = 1.40 A-4 (WACC with rebalancing) Nathan’s Catering is a gourmet catering service located in Southampton‚ New York
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One: (10 points) Tom leases a farmer’s field and grows pineapples. Tom hires students to pick and pack the pineapples. The following table sets out Tom’s total product schedule. Labor (students) Total Products (pineapples/per day) 0 0 1 100 2 220 3 300 4 360 5 400 6 420 7 430 1. Calculate the marginal product of the third student; 2. Calculate the average product of three students; 3. Over what numbers of students does marginal product increase? 4. When marginal
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OPIM Assignment 4 1. Cu = 24-11 = $13 Co = 11-7 = $4 Critical ratio = 13/(13+4) = 0.7647 μ = 30‚000 σ = 10‚000 Using normal distribution function (=norminv(0.7647‚30000‚10000))‚ the optimum order quantity is 37‚216 jerseys to maximize profit. 2. Quantity = 32‚000 First‚ we normalize the order quantity to find the z-statistic z=Q-μσ=32‚000-25‚00010‚000=0.7 We then look up the standard normal loss function. The expected lost sale is given by. Lz=0.1429 Therefore‚ the expected lost
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9.2) A company is using a carrier to deliver goods to a major customer. The annual demand is $2‚500‚000‚ and the average transit time is 10 days. Another carrier promises to deliver in 7 days. What is the reduction in transit inventory? I = tA=(10 – 7 ) 2‚500‚000=$7‚500‚000=$20‚547.90 365365 365 9.4) A florist carries an average inventory of $12‚000 in cut flowers. The flowers require special storage and are highly perishable. The florist’s estimates capital costs at 10%‚ storage
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Challenges A Girl Faces In “What Is the Triple Bind?” Stephen Hinshaw describes all the obstacles and hard work that teenage girls have to go through. Girls get put down a lot and that’s why they feel under pressure when they are trying to do something. Some people are against girls when it comes to a job because of their weaknesses‚ but they never take a look at their strengths. Hinshaw explains girls getting plastic surgery because make up is no longer good for them to look pretty; therefore‚ girls absolutely
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LaToyia Benton Professor Feriante English 1301-3031 31 March 2013 Girls Have Power In Sady Doyle’s article‚ “Girls Just Wanna Have Fangs: The Unwarranted Backlash Against Fans of the World’s Most Popular Vampire – Romance‚” is based on a typical fairy tale romance that is successful because it is geared towards teenage girls that have an idea of love; only this time it is not of Romeo and Juliet‚ but of a vampire and a human being. Although Doyle reveals that the Twilight series is not
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Department of Economics University of California‚ Berkeley Fall 2012 Econ 182 Solutions Problem Set 8 Problem 1. Exchange Rates and International Transmission a. Suppose that the US engages in a monetary expansion. Since exchange rate is pegged to the US dollar‚ country X’s monetary authorities are forced to expand their money supply as well (recall that i = i* under FixER). Interest rates fall in country X‚ output expands‚ and of course the exchange rate remains unchanged. On the AA-DD diagram
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PROBLEM SET 1 - SOLUTION PROBLEM 1 Part A - Record a liability (and expense) for $800‚000 in 2009. Since the loss has been recorded‚ we don’t have to disclose it. However‚ if the possible loss exceeds $800‚000 (or if the probable loss was a range and we only recorded the minimum) then we need to disclose. Part B - If only 80% of the cans were sold before 12/31/09‚ then record a liability of $640‚000. The recall of the cans sold in 2010 would be disclosed as a subsequent event. Part C - Disclose
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