Rather than getting a summer job or internship to increase his $500 savings account balance, a member of the Poole College of Management student investment club decides to put his $500 to work by making an investment. He pools his $500 with the money contributed by the other members of the investment club and the club makes a 10-week investment in bitcoin. The investment returns are compounded on a weekly basis. The 10 weekly return rates, in decimal form, are in this Excel file Bitcoin Returns. Note that the average (mean) weekly return rate, to 4 decimal places, is r = .0814. Required:
a. At the end of 10 weeks this member of the investment club is disappointed with the results of his $500 investment. He has used the simple interest formula I = Prt, where I = interest, P = his principal ($500), r = average weekly return rate, and t = time (10 weeks) to calculate what he thinks the terminal value of his investment should be. What is his calculated terminal value?
b. Since the returns are compounded weekly, you will show the student the correct terminal value by using the geometric mean. What is the geometric mean return rate of this investment?
c. What is the terminal value of this investment?

Imagine us is a startup that offers high definition 3d prenatal ultrasounds for high-end customers. the service process includes four activities that are conducted in the sequence described below. (the time required for each activity is shown in parentheses): activity 1: welcome a patient and explain the procedure. (20 minutes)activity 2: prep the patient (e. g., show them to the room, apply ultrasound gel). (17 minutes) (*your id number represents the amount of time needed to complete this task)activity 3: take images. (5 minutes)activity 4: discuss diagnostic with patient. (20 minutes)at each location there are employees (servers) s1, s2, and s3. the assignment of tasks to servers is the following: s1 does activities 1 and 2.s2 does activity 3.s3 does activity 4.a. what is the capacity of this process (in customers per hour)? b. suppose 3 patients arrive every hour on average. ignoring any “start of day” or “end of day” effects, what are the utilizations of all three servers (%)? c. suppose each activity can be done by any server and any server can do any set of activities. however, each activity is done by only one server. for example, a possible assignment includes: s1 does activity 1, s2 does activity 2, and s3 does activities 3 and 4. of course, the original assignment of servers to activities is also feasible. what is the maximum capacity of the process (in customers per hour)? d. now consider the capacity measures in (c) and (a), what is the percentage change? why can you improve capacity without using additional resources? (there is no free lunch, right? )note: for all hw assignments, show your process of getting the results. only providing the final answers is not acceptable and will get 0%. if necessary, use a separate sheet of paper to show your work.

About 20 years ago, sturdy light, inc., produced a sturdy, lightweight backpack in a market that was rapidly growing. sturdy light became a leader in this market. eventually, the backpack market reached the maturity stage and slowed down. however, by this time, sturdy light had developed a strong brand name and continued to steadily lead the market. which of the following describes this scenario? a. sturdy light was a star that developed into a cash cow. b. sturdy light was a question mark that developed into a star. c. sturdy light was a dog that developed into a question mark. d. sturdy light was a cash cow that developed into a star.

Which of the following distribution systems offers speed and reliability when emergency supplies are needed overseas? a. railroadsb. airfreightc. truckingd. pipelinese. waterways