When you drive behind another car, what is the minimum distance you should keep between the cars to avoid a rear-end collision if the other car were to suddenly stop (it hits, say, a stationary truck)? Some drivers use a " $2$ second rule" while others use a "$3$ second rule." To apply such rules, pick out an object such as a tree alongside the road. When the front car passes it, begin to count off seconds. For the first rule, you want to pass that object at a count of $2 \mathrm{~s}$, and for the second rule, $3 \mathrm{~s}$. For the $2 \mathrm{~s}$ rule, what is the resulting car-car separation at a speed of $(a)$ $15.6 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$ ($35 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$), slow and $(b)$ $31.3 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$ $(70 \mathrm{mi} / \mathrm{h}$), fast? For the $3 \mathrm{~s}$ rule, what is the car-car separation at a speed of $(c)$ $15.6 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$ and $(d)$ $31.3 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$ ? To check if the results give safe trailing distances, find the stopping distance required of you at those initial speeds. Assume that your car's braking acceleration is $-8.50 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}^2$ and your reaction time to apply the brake upon seeing the danger is $0.750 \mathrm{~s}$. What is your stopping distance at a speed of $(e)$ $15.6 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$ and $(f)$ $31.3 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$ ? $(g)$ For which is the $2 \mathrm{~s}$ rule adequate? $(h)$ For which is the $3 \mathrm{~s}$ rule adequate ?

Callie Tarres is the general manager of Brennon Company, which provides data-management services for physicians in the Columbus, Ohio, area. Brennon Company is having a rough year. Net income trails projections for the year by almost $75,000. This shortfall is especially important because Brennon plans to issue stock early next year and needs to show investors that the company can meet its earnings targets.

Brennon holds several investments purchased a few years ago. Even though investing in stocks is outside of Brennon’s core business of data-management services, Tarres thinks these investments may help the company meet its net income goal for the year. She is considering what to do with the following investments:

1. Brennon owns 50% of the common stock of Ohio Office Systems, which provides the business forms Brennon uses. Ohio Office Systems has lost money for the past two years but still has a retained earnings balance of$550,000. Tarres thinks she can get the Ohio Office Systems’ treasurer to declare a $160,000 cash dividend, half of which would go to Brennon.

2. Brennon owns a bond investment purchased eight years ago for$250,000. The purchase price represents a discount from the bonds’ maturity value of $400,000. These bonds mature two years from now, and Brennon purchased them as a long-term investment intending to hold them until they matured. Their current market value is$380,000. Tarres has checked with an investment representative, and she is considering selling the bonds. The investment firm would charge a 1% commission on the sale transaction.

3. Brennon owns 5,000 shares of Microsoft stock valued at $73 per share as a long-term investment. One year ago, Microsoft stock was worth only$54 per share. Brennon purchased the Microsoft stock for $37 per share. Tarres wonders whether Brennon should sell the Microsoft stock.

Requirement

Evaluate all three actions as a way for Brennon Company to generate the needed amount of income. Recommend the best way for Brennon to achieve its net income goal.

The number of golf facilities in the United States has been declining and can be approximated with the equation

$$y=-42.1 x+16,288$$

where x = 5 corresponds to the year 2005.

(a) How many golf facilities were there in 2010?

(b) If the trend continues to hold, in what year will there be 15,500 golf facilities?

List the three main areas that must meet industry standards of facilities maintenance.

When is informed consent not required in healthcare?

A healthcare professional is asked to arrange a set of instruments in order from smallest to largest on the basis of each instrument's diameter. The diameters are marked 0.875,0.25,0.625,1.0,0.75,0.125, and 0.375. How should the healthcare professional arrange the instruments? Look at the pattern of increase in these measurements. Are any missing in the sequence? If so, which ones?

What are some types of storage facilities available to businesses?

In the following, name the term defined.

This is a method that locates facilities relative to an X, Y grid.

A healthcare professional has just finished preparing 250mL of a solution containing 6 grams of drug in every 100 mL when he learns that the physician wants a solution containing 8 grams of drug in 100mL of solution. How many additional grams of drug should the healthcare professional add to the first solution he prepared?

Should company facilities be only for employees?

This is a method that locates facilities relative to an X, Y grid

The services and facilities necessary for an economy to function are called _____.

Complete the statement: asymmetric information is especially troubling in healthcare because of ______________.

Is it or not continued HIPAA training required for healthcare employees?