Abank developed a model for predicting the average checking and savings account balance as balance= - $17,732 +367 x age + $1300 x years education +0.116 x household wealth.
a. explain how to interpret the numbers in this model
b. using excel input a customer 32 years old, is a college graduate (16 years of education) and has a household wealth of $150,000. what is predicted bank balance using excel

How does the economy of cuba differ from the economy of north korea? in north korea, the government’s control of the economy has begun to loosen. in cuba, the government maintains a tight hold over the economy. in cuba, the government’s control of the economy has begun to loosen. in north korea, the government maintains a tight hold over the economy. in north korea, there is economic uncertainty in exchange for individual choice. in cuba, there is economic security in exchange for government control. in cuba, there is economic uncertainty in exchange for individual choice. in north korea, there is economic security in exchange for government control.\

Bakery has bought 250 pounds of muffin dough. they want to make waffles or muffins in half-dozen packs out of it. half a dozen of muffins requires 1 lb of dough and a pack of waffles uses 3/4 lb of dough. it take bakers 6 minutes to make a half-dozen of waffles and 3 minutes to make a half-dozen of muffins. their profit will be $1.50 on each pack of waffles and $2.00 on each pack of muffins. how many of each should they make to maximize profit, if they have just 20 hours to do everything?

Calculate the cost of each capital component—in other words, the after-tax cost of debt, the cost of preferred stock (including flotation costs), and the cost of equity (ignoring flotation costs). use both the capm method and the dividend growth approach to find the cost of equity. calculate the cost of new stock using the dividend growth approach. what is the cost of new common stock based on the capm? (hint: find the difference between re and rs as determined by the dividend growth approach and then add that difference to the capm value for rs.)assuming that gao will not issue new equity and will continue to use the same target capital structure, what is the company’s wacc? e. suppose gao is evaluating three projects with the following characteristics. each project has a cost of $1 million. they will all be financed using the target mix of long-term debt, preferred stock, and common equity. the cost of the common equity for each project should be based on the beta estimated for the project. all equity will come from reinvested earnings. equity invested in project a would have a beta of 0.5 and an expected return of 9.0%.equity invested in project b would have a beta of 1.0 and an expected return of 10.0%.equity invested in project c would have a beta of 2.0 and an expected return of 11.0%.analyze the company’s situation, and explain why each project should be accepted or rejected g