The three broad types of factors of production are:

The value of what businesses provide to other businesses is captured in the final products at the end of the __________ chain. s

Ira Lisetskai [31]

The value of what businesses provide to other businesses is captured in the final products at the end of the production chain. During the production chain the product goes through various steps to reach its end result. Each step in the chain adds more value to the product. Once it reaches the end of the chain the true test is the value it provides to business that ends up using the item. An example of this is a home being built. During each stage of the home building process the home is getting closer to its true test, when the owners move in. From the floor being poured to the walls going up, each step makes the house closer to becoming someones home.

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3 years ago

Purchasing office supplies on account will: Multiple Choice Not change assets. Increase assets and decrease liabilities. Increas

Kobotan [32]

The correct option is C - Increase assets and increase liabilities

<u>Explanation:</u>

When anorganization purchases office supplies on account then it becomes essential to record such supplies as supplies on hand. Generally, in a business organization, the supllies on hand are used up within the span period of one year which means that they are to be recorded as current asset in the financial statement ( balance sheet). As no cash has been paid to merchandise, so it increases the liabilities also.

Therefore, it will increase the current assets and current liabilities.

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3 years ago

You manage a risky portfolio with an expected rate of return of 17% and a standard deviation of 29%. The T-bill rate is 8%. Your

Anastasy [175]

Answer:

13.85% and 18.9%

Explanation:

As in this exercise we have a free risk asset we will assume that the t-bill has a standard deviation of 0%, so let´s firts calculate the expected return:

$E(r)=r_{1}*w_{1} +r_{2}*w_{2} +....+r_{n}*w_{n}$

where E(r) is the expected return, $r_{i}$ is the return of the i asset and $w_{i}$ is the investment in i asset, so applying to this particular case we have:

$E(r)=17\%*65\%+8\%*35\%$

$E(r)=13.85\%$

the calculation of standar deviation follows the same logic of the previous formula:

$Sigma(r)=29\%*65\%+0\%*35\%$

$Sigma(r)=18.9\%$

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3 years ago

The bank is working to develop an efficient work schedule for full-time and part-time tellers. The schedule must provide for eff

Kitty [74]

Answer:

The solution is given below.

Explanation:

It is a practical, complex scheduling problem that can be easily modelled and solved as IP. Note that part time and full time employees are paid at different rates. So, it is important that the bank operates to provide required service level (indicated by the number of tellers per hour) while minimizing total cost due to staff salary.

We use x as full time and y as part time staff.

It would help if you construct a table as shown below to better analyze the problem before attempting to model it. Red shows work hrs of full time staff and green is for part timers. Just follow their work hour rules.

So, full timers have 3 options:

(i) start at 9 – work till 1pm, take 1 hr break, then work 2 – 5 pm

(ii) start at 10 – work till 2pm, take 1 hr break, then work 3 – 6 pm

(iii) start at 11 – work till 3pm, take 1 hr break, then work 4 – 7 pm

that’s all… bank closes at 7 pm.

However, part timers don’t have 1 hr break. They work straight 4 hrs and leave. See green cells above to understand their alternatives.

Now, decision variables should include this work hour information. Here goes their definition. You must clearly define decision variables in exam, otherwise, the model is meaningless.

X9 = number of full time staff who start at 9 and follow the hour-related rule (no need to specify more details; those are already undestood)

X10 = number of full time staff who start at 10 and follow the hour-related rule

X11 = number of full time staff who start at 11 and follow the hour-related rule

Y9 = number of part time staff who start at 9 and follow the hour-related rule

Y10 = number of part time staff who start at 10 and follow the hour-related rule

…. This way you define up to Y15.

You must also specify that:

Xi, Yi >=0, integers.

Objective Function:

Minimize Z = 105*(x9 + x10 + x11) + 32* (y9 + y10 + … + y 15)

You will need one “covering” constraint for each working hour. Both full and part-timers can “cover” the duty of each hour. Look at the color-coded table (above) column-wise. The 9:00-10:00 hour can be covered only by x9 and y9 staff; next hour by x9, x10, y9, y10 only,… and so on. So, the

constraints are: (attached with image)

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2 years ago

In the equation Y = C + I + G + NX, Question 4 options: Y represents the economy’s total expenditure. C represents household exp

Zolol [24]

Answer:

Y represents the economy’s total expenditure

Explanation:

The equation Y = C + I + G + NX represents the expenditure approach to calculating GDP.

Y - economy’s total expenditure

C - household expenditures on services and goods

I - investment by firms

G - Government Spending

NX - Net Export

The variables can either be positive or negative .

I hope my answer helps you

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3 years ago