Marketing. Three electronics firms are aggressively marketing their graphing calculators to high school and college mathematics departments by offering volume discounts, complimentary display equipment, and assistance with curriculum development. Due to the amount of equipment involved and the necessary curriculum changes, once a department decides to use a particular calculator in their courses, they never switch to another brand or stop using calculators. Each year, 6 % of the departments decide to use calculators from company A , 3 % decide to use calculators from company B , 11 % decide to use calculators from company C . and the remainder decide not to use any calculators in their courses. (A) In the long run, what is the market share of each company? (B) On average, how many years will it take a department to decide to use calculators from one of these companies in their courses?
Marketing. Three electronics firms are aggressively marketing their graphing calculators to high school and college mathematics departments by offering volume discounts, complimentary display equipment, and assistance with curriculum development. Due to the amount of equipment involved and the necessary curriculum changes, once a department decides to use a particular calculator in their courses, they never switch to another brand or stop using calculators. Each year, 6 % of the departments decide to use calculators from company A , 3 % decide to use calculators from company B , 11 % decide to use calculators from company C . and the remainder decide not to use any calculators in their courses. (A) In the long run, what is the market share of each company? (B) On average, how many years will it take a department to decide to use calculators from one of these companies in their courses?
Solution Summary: The author calculates the market share for each company in the long-run.
Marketing. Three electronics firms are aggressively marketing their graphing calculators to high school and college mathematics departments by offering volume discounts, complimentary display equipment, and assistance with curriculum development. Due to the amount of equipment involved and the necessary curriculum changes, once a department decides to use a particular calculator in their courses, they never switch to another brand or stop using calculators. Each year,
6
%
of the departments decide to use calculators from company
A
,
3
%
decide to use calculators from company
B
,
11
%
decide to use calculators from company
C
. and the remainder decide not to use any calculators in their courses.
(A) In the long run, what is the market share of each company?
(B) On average, how many years will it take a department to decide to use calculators from one of these companies in their courses?
Task number: A1.1, A1.7
Topic: Celestial Navigation, Compass - Magnetic and Gyro
Activ Determine compass error (magnetic and gyro) using azimuth choosing a suitable
celestial body (Sun/ Stars/ Planets/ Moon). Apply variation to find the deviation of the magnetic
compass.
Minimum number of times that activity should be recorded: 6 (2 each phase)
Sample calculation (Azimuth- Planets):
On 06th May 2006 at 22h20m 10s UTC, a vessel in position 48°00'N 050°00'E observed Mars bearing
327° by compass. Find the compass error. If variation was 4.0° East, calculate the deviation.
GHA Mars (06d 22h):
Increment (20m 10s):
089° 55.7'
005° 02.5'
v (0.9):
(+)
00.3'
GHA Mars:
094° 58.5'
Longitude (E):
(+) 050° 00.0' (plus- since longitude is easterly)
LHA Mars:
144° 58.5'
Declination (06d 22h):
d (0.2):
N 024° 18.6'
(-)
00.1'
Declination Mars:
N 024° 18.5'
P=144° 58.5' (If LHA<180°, P=LHA)
A Tan Latitude/ Tan P
A Tan 48° 00' Tan 144° 58.5'
A = 1.584646985 N (A is named opposite to latitude, except when…
Task number: A1.1, A1.7
Topic: Celestial Navigation, Compass - Magnetic and Gyro
Activ Determine compass error (magnetic and gyro) using azimuth choosing a suitable
celestial body (Sun/ Stars/ Planets/ Moon). Apply variation to find the deviation of the magnetic
compass.
Minimum number of times that activity should be recorded: 6 (2 each phase)
Sample calculation (Azimuth- Planets):
On 06th May 2006 at 22h20m 10s UTC, a vessel in position 48°00'N 050°00'E observed Mars bearing
327° by compass. Find the compass error. If variation was 4.0° East, calculate the deviation.
GHA Mars (06d 22h):
Increment (20m 10s):
089° 55.7'
005° 02.5'
v (0.9):
(+)
00.3'
GHA Mars:
094° 58.5'
Longitude (E):
(+) 050° 00.0' (plus- since longitude is easterly)
LHA Mars:
144° 58.5'
Declination (06d 22h):
d (0.2):
N 024° 18.6'
(-)
00.1'
Declination Mars:
N 024° 18.5'
P=144° 58.5' (If LHA<180°, P=LHA)
A Tan Latitude/ Tan P
A Tan 48° 00' Tan 144° 58.5'
A = 1.584646985 N (A is named opposite to latitude, except when…
Activ
Determine compass error using amplitude (Sun).
Minimum number of times that activity should be performed: 3 (1 each phase)
Sample calculation (Amplitude- Sun):
On 07th May 2006 at Sunset, a vessel in position 10°00'N 010°00'W observed the Sun bearing 288°
by compass. Find the compass error.
LMT Sunset:
LIT:
(+) 00d
07d 18h
00h
13m
40m
UTC Sunset:
07d
18h
53m
(added- since longitude is westerly)
Declination (07d 18h):
N 016° 55.5'
d (0.7):
(+)
00.6'
Declination Sun:
N 016° 56.1'
Sin Amplitude = Sin Declination/Cos Latitude
= Sin 016°56.1'/ Cos 10°00'
= 0.295780189
Amplitude=W17.2N
(The prefix of amplitude is named easterly if body is rising,
and westerly if body is setting. The suffix is named same
as declination)
True Bearing=287.2°
Compass Bearing= 288.0°
Compass Error = 0.8° West
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