It is April 1st, 202Y. A three-month index futures contract (settlement/expiry in June) on FTSE100...... ... rate is 3%. Currently FTSE100 is valued at 7,851 points. Ignore daily marking to market and assume that all the rates given are per annum with continuous compounding. Each futures contract...
The manager of a seafood restaurant wants to establish a price on shrimp dinners. Experimenting...... ... cells containing they values and RangeX is the range of Excel cells containing the x values. Alternatively, use Trendline in the Layout menu.) b. Determine the correlation coefficient and...
The manager of a 100-unit apartment complex knows from experience that all units will be occupied if the rent is $800 per month. A market survey suggests that, on average, one additional unit will remain vacant for each $10 increase in rent. What rent should the manager charge to maximize revenue?
For the production line in the previous problem, assume that a single AGV train consisting of a tractor and multiple trailers are used to make deliveries rather than separate vehicles. Time required to load a pallet onto a trailer = 15 sec; and the time to release a loaded train and move an empty...
A merchant bought some goods at a discount of 25% of the list price. She wants to mark them at a regular price so that she can give a discount of 20% of the marked price and still make a markup of 25% of the selling price. (a) At what percent of the list price should she mark the regular selling...
There are now 256 million registered passenger cars, and in 1990 there were 193 million. Relative Change. Exercises each provide two values. For each pair of values, use a percentage to express their relative change or difference. Use the second given value as the reference value, and express...
A uniform beam of mass m is inclined at an angle θ to the horizontal. Its upper end produces a ninety degree bend in a very rough rope tied to a wall, and its lower end rests on a rough floor (Fig. P12.55)(a) If the coefficient of static friction between beam and floor is μs, determine an...
Title: Professionalism A young doctor has been taking care of an 80-year-old woman for the past three years. She had a fall three years ago and has been mostly bed-ridden. She lives alone with just a care-taker. She mostly requires preventive care and the doctor makes house visits once a week. The...
Guthrie Enterprises needs someone to supply it with 145,000 cartons of machine screws per year to support its manufacturing needs over the next five years, and you’ve decided to bid on the contract. It will cost $2.1 million to install the equipment necessary to start production; you’ll...
Long- Life Insurance has developed a linear model that it uses to determine the amount of term life insurance a family of four should have, based on the current age of the head of the household. The equation is: y = 850 y .1x wherey = Insurance needed ($ 000) x = Current age of head of household a....
The following data were collected during a study of consumer buying patterns: a. Plot the data. b. Obtain a linear regression line for the data. c. What percentage of the variation is explained by the regression line?d. Use the equation determined in part b to predict the expected value of y for x...
The Southwestern High School Class of 1986 is organizing its 35-year class reunion and is trying to pick out a band to play at the reunion. The choices are REO Speedwagon (R), Boston (B), Journey (J), and Fleetwood Mac (F). The class members have ranked their choices as indicated in the following...
Average Number Sold per Day, y 190 199 190 170 162 160 Price, x $6.00 6.50 6.75 7.00 7.25 7.50 8.00 Average Number Sold per Day, y 155 156 148 140 133 Price, x 8.25 8.50 8.75 9.00 9.25