The degree of leverage concept is designed to show how changes in sales affect earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) and earnings per share (EPS). If a 10 percent increase in sales causes EPS to increase from $1.00 to $1.50 and if the firm uses no debt, then what is its degree of operating leverage?

a.

3.6

b.

5.5

c.

4.7

d.

4.2

e.

5.0

Apharmaceutical packaging company (ppc) has decided to reorganize its processes into cells. the company has four different production operations, each requiring a unique piece of equipment. the names and functions of the four pieces of equipment are sort, count, place, and package. the company packages five different families of products (a, b, c, d, and e). the tables below indicate the demand (total units/day by product family), required operations, and operation cycle times for each product family. assume that any individual piece of equipment is available to operate 16 hours/day, but 2 hours (in total) are lost each day on each piece of equipment due to breaks and meetings when operators are not available to operate the equipment. how many minutes/day are available for production

Each row in a database is a set of unique information called a(n) table. record. object. field.

Aresearcher developing scanners to search for hidden weapons at airports has concluded that a new scanner isis significantly better than the current scanner. he made his decision based on a test using alpha equals 0.025 .α=0.025. would he have made the same decision at alpha equals 0.10 question mark α=0.10? how about alpha equals 0.01 question mark α=0.01? explain