Kwame Nkrumah University of Cape Coast, Legon spent GHS1.8 million to install solar panels atop a parking garage. These panels will have a capacity of 500 kw, have a life expectancy of 20 years and suppose the discount rate is 10%. a. If electricity can be purchased for costs of GHS0.10 per kwh, how many hours per year will the solar panels have to operate to make this project break even? b. If efficient systems operate for 2,400 hours per year, would the project break even? c. The university is seeking a grant to cover capital costs. How big of a grant would make this project worthwhile (to the university)?

Metropolitan Hospital has estimated its average monthly bed needs as N=1,000+9X where X=timeperiod(months);January2002=0 N=monthlybedneeds Assume that no new hospital additions are expected in the area in the foreseeable future. The following monthly seasonal adjustment factors have been estimated, using data from the past five years: Forecast Metropolitans bed demand for January, April, July, November, and December 2007. If the following actual and forecast values for June bed demands have been recorded, what seasonal adjustment factor would you recommend be used in making future June forecasts?

Why has coal dominated as a fuel source for 24/7/365 electricity generation for so many decades?

Why might private markets tend to provide too few incentives for the development of new technology?

What is deflation?

If a government gains from unexpected inflation when it borrows, why would it choose to offer indexed bands?

Bell Greenhouses has estimated its monthly demand for potting soil to be the following: N=400+4X where N=monthlydemandforbagsofpottingsoil X=timeperiodsinmonths(March2006=0) Assume this trend factor is expected to remain stable in the foreseeable future. The following table contains the monthly seasonal adjustment factors, which have been estimated using actual sales data from the past five years: Forecast Bell Greenhouses demand for potting soil in March, June, August, and December 2007. If the following table shows the forecasted and actual potting soil sales by Bell Greenhouses for April in five different years, determine the seasonal adjustment factor to be used in making an April 2008 forecast.

What is a capital gain?

The Questor Corporation has experienced the following sales pattern over a 10-year period: Compute the equation of a trend line (similar to Equation 5.4) for these sales data to forecast sales for the next year. (Let 2004=0,2005=1, etc., for the time variable.) What does this equation forecast for sales in the year 2014? Use a first-order exponential smoothing model with a w of 0.9 to forecast sales for the year 2014.

What is the total amount of interest from a 5,000 loan after three years with a simple interest rate of 6?