Global Foundries (GF), a privately held company that invests in companies producing essential components for high-volume data storage, is valued at $4.0 billion dollars. A computer company that wants to get into cloud computing is considering the purchase of GF, but because of the uncertain economy, it would prefer to purchase an option that will allow it to buy the company for up to 1 year from now at a cost of$4.3 billion. What is the maximum amount the company should be willing to pay for the option if its MARR is 9% per year?

Prentice Company is considering dropping one of its product lines. What costs of the product line would be relevant to this decision? What costs would be irrelevant?

A privately held company that makes chips that are essential for high-volume data storage is valued at $3 billion. A computer company that wants to get into cloud computing is considering purchasing the company, but because of the uncertain economy, it would prefer to purchase an option that will allow it to buy the company for up to 1 year from now at a cost of$3.1 billion. What is the maximum amount the company should be willing to pay for the option, if its MARR is 12% per year?

A large water utility is planning to upgrade its SCADA system for controlling well pumps, booster pumps, and disinfection equipment for centralized monitoring and control. Phase I will reduce labor and travel costs by $28,000 per year. Phase II will reduce costs by an additional$20,000 per year, that is $48,000. If phase I savings occur in years 0, 1, 2, and 3 and phase II savings occur in years 4 through 10, what is the present worth of the upgraded system in years 1 to 10 at an interest rate of 8% per year?

Find the moment-generating function for the discrete random variable X whose probability function is given by

$$p_{X}(k)=\left(\frac{3}{4}\right)^{k}\left(\frac{1}{4}\right), \quad k=0,1,2, \ldots$$

Choose the best answer. Which reduces the capacity factor of nuclear power plants? (a) the need for long-term storage of radioactive waste (b) government regulation of low-level radioactive waste (c) competition with plants that use coal to produce energy (d) the need to periodically replace fuel rods

Choose the best answer. Which does NOT explain the rise of the modern farming system? (a) Small farms are usually more profitable than large farms. (b) Irrigation contributes to greater crop yields (c) Fertilizers improve crop yields and are easy to apply. (d) Mechanization facilitates monocropping and improves profits.

A company that manufactures rivets believes the shear strength (in pounds) is modeled by N(800, 50). Draw the Normal model for these rivets. Clearly label it to show what the 68-95-99.7 Rule predicts.

A company held a blood pressure screening clinic for its employees. The results are summarized in the table below by age group and blood pressure level:

$$\begin{array}{|l|ccc|}\hline\text{Blood} & \text{Age}\\ \text{Pressure} & \text { Under 30 } & 30-49 & \text { Over 50 } \\ \hline \text { Low } & 27 & 37 & 31 \\ \text { Normal } & 48 & 91 & 93 \\ \text { High } & 23 & 51 & 73 \\ \hline\end{array}$$

a) What percent of the employees had high blood pressure? b) What percent of those employees over 50 had high blood pressure? c) What percent of the employees with high blood pressure were over 50? d) Write a sentence describing the marginal distribution of Blood Pressure for the employees. e) Write a sentence describing the conditional distribution of Blood Pressure among the employees who were over 50.

C is the point on AB such that AC:CB = 4:3. Express c in terms of a and b.

Four independent projects (1, 2, 3, and 4) are proposed for investment by Perfect Manufacturing, Inc. List all the acceptable mutually exclusive bundles based on the following selection restrictions developed by the department of engineering production: Project 2 can be selected only if project 3 is selected. Projects 1 and 4 should not both be selected; they are essentially duplicates.

Implement MyHashSet using MyHashMap. Note that you can create entries with (key, key), rather than (key, value)

At 60 MHz, the following characteristics of a lossy line are measured: $Z_{0}=50 \Omega, \quad \alpha=0.04 \mathrm{dB} / \mathrm{m}, \quad \beta=2.5 \mathrm{rad} / \mathrm{m}$ Calculate R, L, C, and G of the line.

Is the Red River actively downcutting its channel in the map area? How were you able to determine this?