Suppose that the population of weights of airline passengers is normally distributed with a mean 150 lbs. and standard deviation 25 lbs. A certain plane has a load capacity of 7800 lbs.(a) What is the probability that a flight of 50 passengers will result in overload?(b) If we wish to reduce the chance of overload to 1/100, how much must the capacity be increased?
Once a strategic focus is decided, the selection of the means of transferring a company’s competitive advantage becomes an essential choice – does a multinational company use licensing, exports, wholly-owned subsidiaries, joint venture, direct investment, partnership, or alliance to enter new markets? Or, could it be a mix of all these?In a two to three…
1.How do you determine market sales potential and profitability?2. Estimate potential sales for different consumer groups.Select three possible target groups that you could market your product to in the country area.Estimate sales for each of the groups.Which group has better sales potential, or are they all the same?What does this tell you about selecting the…
Capacity management in businesses is a function of their operations and environment. In today’s business world, evaluating and managing capacities is becoming significantly more difficult. Therefore, managers need to do a balancing act to reduce costs and effectively utilize available capacities.the Internet, research capacity management.Then respond to the following:Which type of operation has a more…
Two annuities both pay a total of $20,000 over their respective lives. Annuity A pays $2,000 at the end of each year for the next 10 years. Annuity B pays Annuity B pays $1,000 at the end of each year for the next 20 years. Which annuity has the greater value today? Is there any…
Week 8 ForumQuestion #8A) What are some of the critical differences in IA when itcomes to healthcare as opposed to other industries discussed this term?B) After you have posted this discussion, please respond toat least two additional postings of a peer learner.You must make your initial posting by Wednesday andresponses to your peers are due…
The nature versus nurture question arises again in the issue of sexual orientation. This tends to be a somewhat controversial subject on which evidence is still beinggathered.What do you think?What are your thoughts on sexual orientation?Are we genetically disposed to either a heterosexual or homosexual orientation?Can one change their preference for relationships with a particular…
