George Johnson recently inherited a large sum of money; he wants to use a portion of this money to set up a trust fund for his two children. The trust fund has two investment options: (1) a bond fund and (2) a stock fund. The projected returns over the life of the investments are 8% for the bond fund and 20% for the stock fund. Whatever portion of the inheritance George finally decides to commit to the trust fund, he wants to invest at least 40% of that amount in the bond fund. In addition, he wants to select a mix that will enable him to obtain a total return of at least 5.5%.

A) Formulate a linear programming model that can be used to determaine the percentage that should be allocated to each of the possible i nvestment alternatives

B) Solve the problem using the graphical solution procedure.

Acompany that makes shopping carts for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some new equipment that reduces the labor content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. prior to buying the new equipment, the company used 6 workers, who produced an average of 79 carts per hour. workers receive $16 per hour, and machine coast was $49 per hour. with the new equipment, it was possible to transfer one of the workers to another department, and equipment cost increased by $11 per hour while output increased by four carts per hour. a) compute the multifactor productivity (mfp) (labor plus equipment) under the prior to buying the new equipment. the mfp (carts/$) = (round to 4 decimal places). b) compute the productivity changes between the prior to and after buying the new equipment. the productivity growth = % (round to 2 decimal places)

Paying attention to the purpose of her speech, which questions can she eliminate? a. 1 and 2 b. 3 c. 2 and 4 d. 1-4

Can you with personal finance homework1 abbreviation of annual percentage rate which the interest rate is applied annually to a loan or a credit card balance2 abbreviation of annual percentage yield the rate of return earn in the course of one whole year taking compounding into amount expressed as a percentage3 cash and other liquid assets such as demand deposits or treasury bills than individual possesses4 an expense that does not vary from one time period to the next5 to obtain a new loan for something on different terms often involving the pain off of an existing high-interest loan by means of a new lower interest one6 money set aside for future use7 to take money out of an account8 to plan the allocation expenditure or use of money9 the amount of money spent on food clothing and other basic necessities10 the amount of money that is anticipated to be received over a. of time either as payment for work goods or services or as profit on capital