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John is the Southwestern Regional Manager for the National Forest Service and has to make decisions about how many rangers (R) to hire and how many new trails (T) to cut for recreational use. John’s budget for Tonto National Forest in 2018 is $400,000. The cost of hiring a ranger for the season is $50,000, while the cost of cutting a new trail is $80,000 (note, these figures are completely made up).

(a) Write John’s budget constraint and graph the budget set, placing trails on the y axis. Note: be careful to label your axes and intercepts.

(b) What is the slope of the budget line?

(c) T/F: John can afford to hire 4 rangers and build 3 new trails in 2018. Explain using math and/or graphical illustration. 1

(d) Suppose John’s current plan is to hire 3 rangers and cut 2 new trails in 2018. The marginal utility of the third ranger is 543,750. The marginal utility of the 2nd trail is 725,000. John has some room left over in his budget. If he is trying to maximize his utility, should he hire another ranger or cut another trail? Explain. 

 

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P5–3 Risk preferences Sharon Smith, the financial manager for Barnett Corporation,wishes to evaluate three prospective investments: X, Y, and Z. Currently, thefirm earns 12% on its investments, which have a risk index of 6%. The expectedreturn and expected risk of the investments are as follows:a. If Sharon were risk-indifferent, which investments would she select?Explain why.b. If she were risk-averse, which investments would she select? Why?c. If she were risk-seeking, which investments would she select? Why?d. Given the traditional risk preference behavior exhibited by financial managers,which investment would be preferred? Why?P5–4 Risk analysis Solar Designs is considering an investment in an expandedproduct line. Two possible types of expansion are being considered. After investigatingthe possible outcomes, the company made the estimates shown in thefollowing table:a. Determine the range of the rates of return for each of the two projects.b. Which project is less risky? Why?c. If you were making the investment decision, which one would you choose?Why? What does this imply about your feelings toward risk?d. Assume that expansion B’s most likely outcome is 21% per year and that allother facts remain the same. Does this change your answer to part c? Why?P5–13 Portfolio analysis You have been given the return data shown in the first tableon three assets—F, G, and H—over the period 2007–2010.Using these assets, you have isolated the three investment alternatives shown inthe following table:a. Calculate the expected return over the 4-year period for each of the threealternatives.b. Calculate the standard deviation of returns over the 4-year period for eachof the three alternatives.c. Use your findings in parts a and b to calculate the coefficient of variation foreach of the three alternatives.d. On the basis of your findings, which of the three investment alternatives doyou recommend? Why?

 

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5. A computer saves a block of data onto a blank CD. When a zero is written, the reflective

medium is left unchanged. However, to write a one, maximum laser power is employed to

heat the material and make it lose its reflectivity. Assume that a block of 7 bits is written to

the CD. Every bit is either a zero or a one with equal probability, and they are independent

of one another. We use B1;B2, … ,B7 to denote the value of the original bits.

(a) Let N be the total number of ones within the set {B1,B2;…;B7}. Find the

PMF distribution of random variable N.

(b) Find the expected value of N.

 

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Chapter 1 Exercise 2Welcome already . (Display five messages ) Write a program that displays Welcome to Java five times.INPUT and PROMPTS. None.OUTPUT . The output should be five lines of the above-described welcome message .CLASS NAMES. Your program class should be called WelcomeTimes5Capter 1 Exercise 12AVERAGE SPEED. (Average speed in kilometers) Assume a runner runs 24 miles in 1 hour, 40 minutes, and 35 seconds. Write a program that displays the average speed in kilometers per hour. (Note that 1 mile is 1.6 kilometers.)INPUT and PROMPTS. None.OUTPUT . The output should be a single number as described above.CLASS NAMES. Your program class should be called AvgSpeedChapter 2 Exercise 3Going METRIC.(Convert feet into meters) Write a program that reads a number in feet, converts it to meters, and displays the result. One foot is 0.305 meters.INPUT and PROMPTS.The program prompts for the feet with the message “Enter a value for feet: “.OUTPUT . The output is of the form “x feet is y meters” where x is the number read in and y is the number of meters computed by the program .CLASS NAMES. Your program class should be called FeetToMetersChapter 2 Exercise 25PAYROLL.(Financial application: payroll) Write a program that reads the following information and prints a payroll statement :Employee’s name (e.g., Smith)Number of hours worked in a week (e.g., 10)Hourly pay rate (e.g., 6.75)Federal tax withholding rate (e.g., 20%)State tax withholding rate (e.g., 9%)INPUT and PROMPTS. The program prompts for a single string (the name ) with: “Enter employee’s name : “. The it prompts for the hours, pay rate, federal and state witholding rates with these prompts: “Enter number of hours worked in a week: “, “Enter hourly pay rate: “, “Enter federal tax withholding rate: “, “Enter state tax withholding rate: “.OUTPUT . The output should be as follows:Employee Name : x1Hours Worked: x2Pay Rate: x3Gross Pay: x4Deductions:Federal Witholding (x5%): x6State Witholding (x7%): x8Total Dedduction: x9Net Pay: x10where the various place-holders x1. . . x10 are the quantities read in or calculated by the program . ALSO: monetary quantities must be preceded by a “$” and be calculated rounded down to the nearest penny.CLASS NAMES. Your program class should be called Payroll Additional Requirements Level of Detail: Show all work

 

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