Brock's Candy uses a machine for bagging hard candy. The process has been designed so that the content of each bag will weigh 8.000 ounces. The following historical information from five samples with sample size n = 4 was found. Using a value for A2 of 0.73 and 3-sigma limits, what is the value of the upper controllimit for a Means (x-bar) chart? Sample Mean bag weight Minimum bag weight Maximum bag weight
1 7.97oz 7.89oz 7.92oz
2 8.093oz 7.900oz 8.20z
3 8.004oz 7.956oz 8.052oz
4 8.036oz 8.001oz 8.210oz
5 7.996oz 7.853oz 8.912oz

a. 40.036 ounces
b. 8.007 ounces
c. 8.150 ounces
d. 40.074 ounces
e. 40.503 ounces

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You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u. s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u. s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?

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