SOCAR is a rental car company based in Malaysia. Currently, the Johor Bahru and Penang branches have 19 and 23 surplus cars, respectively, while the Malacca, Port Dickson, Kuala Lumpur, and Putrajaya branches each need 12 cars. Table 1 summarises the costs of moving the surplus cars from the Johor Bahru and Penang branches to the other locations. Table 1: Cost of Moving Cars Between Locations Johor Bahru Penang Malacca $25 $61 Port Dickson $34 $55 Kuala Lumpur $50 $35 Putrajaya $47 $30 SOCAR wants to ensure that each of the Malacca, Port Dickson, Kuala Lumpur, and Putrajaya branches will receive at least 7 cars and that all the surplus cars at Johor Bahru and Penang are sent to these demanding branches. Determine the optimal redistribution plan by creating a spreadsheet model and utilising the Solver. Provide the problem formulation. Comment on your results.

In a survey of 1501 ninth to twelfth graders in the United States, 1215 said "leaders today are more concerned with their own agenda than with achieving the overall goals of the organization they serve." What is the population? In a survey of 1501 ninth to twelfth graders in the United States, 1215 said "leaders today are more concerned with their own agenda than with achieving the overall goals of the organization they serve." What is the population? All ninth to twelfth graders in the United States All ninth to twelfth graders 1215 ninth to twelfth graders 1501 ninth to twelfth graders

a) You need to buy vintage glass bottles for your homemade organic kombucha business. You have identified two suppliers: “Hipster Fantastic” charges £12.50 per bottle and a flat delivery charge of £15. “SCOBY Universe” offers free delivery and charges £15 for each bottle. For what sizes of order, i.e. numbers of bottles bought and delivered, will “SCOBY Universe” be cheaper than “Hipster Fantastic”?

In recent years major efforts have been made to standardize accounting practices in different countries; this is called harmonization. In an article in Accounting and Business Research, Emmanuel N. Emenyonu and Sidney J. Gray studied the extent to which accounting practices in France, Germany, and the U.K. are harmonized.  (a) Depreciation method is one of the accounting practices studied by Emenyonu and Gray. Three methods were considered—the straight-line method (S), the declining balance method (D), and a combination of D & S(sometimes European firms start with the declining balance method and then switch over to the straight-line method when the figure derived from straight line exceeds that from declining balance). The data in the table (below) summarize the depreciation methods used by a sample of 78 French, German, and U.K. firms.  Depreciation         Methods France Germany UK Total A. Straight line (S) 15 0 25 40 B. Declining Bal (D) 1 1 1 3 C. (D & S) 10 25…

In recent years major efforts have been made to standardize accounting practices in different countries; this is called harmonization. In an article in Accounting and Business Research, Emmanuel N. Emenyonu and Sidney J. Gray studied the extent to which accounting practices in France, Germany, and the U.K. are harmonized.  (a) Depreciation method is one of the accounting practices studied by Emenyonu and Gray. Three methods were considered—the straight-line method (S), the declining balance method (D), and a combination of D & S(sometimes European firms start with the declining balance method and then switch over to the straight-line method when the figure derived from straight line exceeds that from declining balance). The data in the table (below) summarize the depreciation methods used by a sample of 78 French, German, and U.K. firms.  Depreciation         Methods France Germany UK Total A. Straight line (S) 15 0 25 40 B. Declining Bal (D) 1 1 1 3 C. (D & S) 10 25…

In recent years major efforts have been made to standardize accounting practices in different countries; this is called harmonization. In an article in Accounting and Business Research, Emmanuel N. Emenyonu and Sidney J. Gray studied the extent to which accounting practices in France, Germany, and the U.K. are harmonized.  (a) Depreciation method is one of the accounting practices studied by Emenyonu and Gray. Three methods were considered—the straight-line method (S), the declining balance method (D), and a combination of D & S (sometimes European firms start with the declining balance method and then switch over to the straight-line method when the figure derived from straight line exceeds that from declining balance). The data in the table (below) summarize the depreciation methods used by a sample of 78 French, German, and U.K. firms.  Depreciation         Methods France Germany UK Total A. Straight line (S) 15 0 25 40 B. Declining Bal (D) 1 1 1 3 C. (D & S) 10…

In the Black Swan briefly explain Yevgenia’s Black Swan, and the concepts of Mediocristan and Extremistan. Provide examples of each.

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A software organisation employs 80,000 staff members. 16,000 employees are inthe sales team, 24,000 are in the customer support team and 14,000 are in thesoftware development and HR departments. What percentage of theorganisation’s employees are a part of the finance team, if the size of the financeteam makes up two-fifths of the remainder?

John is a hospital administrator who aims to reduce hospital readmission rate at the cardiology department. He wants to learn how physician communicate with their patients at discharge at the cardiology department. So he set up cameras in doctors' offices and recorded the discharges, without informing the physicians first. Which of the following research approach best describes his approach to study this issue? a) Naturalistic approach b) Interpretation approach c) Intervention approach d) Case analysis approach

How would you construct and interpret a contingency table from the following information: 150 Democrats favor raising the minimum wage, and 50 oppose it; 100 Republicans favor raising the minimum wage, and 300 oppose it?

17. The Porsche Club of America sponsors driver education events that provide high- performance driving instruction on actual racetracks. Because safety is a primary con- sideration at such events, many owners elect to install roll bars in their cars. Deegan Industries manufactures two types of roll bars for Porsches. Model DRB is bolted to the car using existing holes in the car’s frame. Model DRW is a heavier roll bar that must be welded to the car’s frame. Model DRB requires 20 pounds of a special high-alloy steel, 40 minutes of manufacturing time, and 60 minutes of assembly time. Model DRW requires 25 pounds of the special high-alloy steel, 100 minutes of manufacturing time, and 40 minutes of assembly time. Deegan’s steel supplier indicated that at most 40,000 pounds of the high-alloy steel will be available next quarter. In addition, Deegan estimates that 2000 hours of manufacturing time and 1600 hours of assembly time will be available next quarter. The profit contributions are…

Most governments are concerned about climate change. They have thus sought to negotiate an agreement to reduce carbon emissions. These negotiations have been difficult because governments disagree about who should bear the burden of reducing emissions. Suppose governments have the following preferences: Poor countries such as China and India believe that poor countries should not have to make further emissions cuts, while rich countries should make large cuts. The US believes that rich countries should not have to make further cuts, but that poor countries should make large cuts. The European Union (EU) would like both groups of countries to make large cuts. These ideal points are depicted in the two-dimensional space below. “SQ” is the status quo, and represents the emissions cuts that governments have already agreed to in prior climate negotiations. QUESTIONS; Consider the three ideal points depicted in the figure (A, B, C). 1.Based on the description of national preferences, which…

5. The most common justification provided for the tax subsidy to homeownership in the US is that homeownership has positive externalities that renting does not. As Glaeser and Shapiro (2002) write: "To its supporters, the home mortgage interest deduction is the cornerstone of American society. Homeownership gives people a stake in society and induces them to care about their neighborhoods and towns. By subsidizing property ownership, the deduction induces people to invest and then to have a stake in our democracy. Ownership makes people vote for long-run investments instead of short-run transfers." Consider the following regression model: Мeetingsi 3D Bo + Bi x Нотеower + u Meetings is the number of town hall meetings the individual attended in the last year and Homeowner equals 1 if the individual is a homeowner. A researcher who collects data and regresses Meetings against Homeowner finds that B, > 0. The OLS estimator, B, however, likely suffers from omitted variable bias because…

Chocolate-cream cheese Strawberry-white chocolate Coconut Coconut Coconut Chocolate-cream cheese Strawberry-white chocolate Coconut Coconut Lemon Chocolate-cream cheese Strawberry-white chocolate Coconut Coconut Lemon Chocolate-cream cheese Strawberry-white chocolate Coconut Coconut Lemon Chocolate-cream cheese Strawberry-white chocolate Coconut Coconut Lemon Chocolate-cream cheese Strawberry-white chocolate Coconut Coconut Lemon Strawberry-white chocolate Strawberry-white chocolate Coconut Coconut Lemon Strawberry-white chocolate Strawberry-white chocolate Coconut Coconut Lemon 18 16 14 12 10 6 2 Coconut Lemon Strawberry-white chocolate Chocolate-cream cheese Use the bar graph to describe the distribution for the flavor of cupcake for the sample of 40 cupcakes. The cupcake ordered with the highest frequency is coconut (15) followed by Strawberry-white chocolate (12), Lemon (7) And Chocolate-cream cheese (8) The cupcake ordered with the highest frequency is coconut (17) followed by…

Given the following contingency table comparing voters' party and their candidate of choice in the 1992 election... Clinton Bush Perot Men 19% 18% 11% Women 24% 20% 8% 13) What percent of men voted for Bill Clinton? 14) What percent of people who voted for H.W. Bush were women? 15) What percent of people who voted for Bush or Perot were Women? 16) What percent of men voted for Clinton or Bush? 90°F Mostly sunny 99+ (8

As operations manager of Holz Furniture, you must make a decision about adding a line of rustic furniture. In discussing the possibilities with your sales manager, Steve Gilbert, you decide that there will definitely be a market and that your firm should enter that market. However, because rustic furniture has a different finish than your standard offering, you decide you need another process line. There is no doubt in your mind about the decision, and you are sure that you should have a second process. But you do question how large to make it. A large process line is going to cost $450,000; a small process line will cost $300,000. The question, therefore, is the demand for rustic furniture. After extensive discussion with Mr. Gilbert and Rosalita Ferrera of Ferrera Market Research, Inc., you determine that the best estimate you can make is that there is a two-out-of-three chance of high demand resulting in $600,000 profit from sales and a one-out-of-three chance of low demand…

17. The Porsche Club of America sponsors driver education events that provide high-performance driving instruction on actual racetracks. Because safety is a primary consideration at such events, many owners elect to install roll bars in their cars. Deegan Industries manufactures two types of roll bars for Porsches. Model DRB is bolted to the car using existing holes in the car’s frame. Model DRW is a heavier roll bar that must be welded to the car’s frame. Model DRB requires 20 pounds of special high-alloy steel, 40 minutes of manufacturing time, and 60 minutes of assembly time. Model DRW requires 25 pounds of the special high-alloy steel, 100 minutes of manufacturing time, and 40 minutes of assembly time.  Deegan’s steel supplier indicated that at most 40,000 pounds of the high-alloy steel will be available next quarter. In addition, Deegan estimates that 2000 hours of manufacturing time and 1600 hours of assembly time will be available next quarter. The profit contributions are $200…

Alliah Mae Agri-Marine Consulting Firm provides technical assistance to agricultural fishpond entities. It has three agri-marine specialists, namely, Shaina, Queenie, and Carol, and it plans to assign them to three project areas in Cotabato, Davao, and Cagayan. The costs per day of assigning the three specialists to these project areas are shown below. The firm, however, recently received a request for consultancy services from Palawan and is considering if it is economically favorable if one of its specialists will be assigned there. It will cost 500 if Shaina is assigned to Palawan, 400 to assign Queenie, and 750 to assign Carol. Cotabato Davao 400.00 550.00 250.00 800.00 250.00 500.00 Shaina Queenie Carol Cagayan 600.00 650.00 1,150.00

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2. A phone service provider offers two international plans. Plan A: $25 per month and 5 cents per minute. Plan B: $5 per month and 12 cents per minute. For what range of minutes of intenational calls would Plan B be financiallly advantageous?

As operations manager of Holz Furniture, you must make a decision about adding a line of rustic furniture. In discussing the possibilities with your sales manager, Steve Gilbert, you decide that there will definitely be a market and that your firm should enter that market. However, because rustic furniture has a different finish than your standard offering, yu decide you need another process line. There is no doubt in your mind about the decision, and you are sure that you should have a second process. But you do question how large to make it. A large process line is going to cost $450,000; a small process line will cost $300,000. The question, therefore, is the demand for rustic furniture. After extensive discussion with Mr. Gilbert and Rosalita Ferrera of Ferrera Market Research, Inc., you determine that the best estimate you can make is that there is a two-out-of-three chance of high demand resulting in $600,000 profit from sales and a one-out-of-three chance of low demand resulting…