We are interested in determining whether or not the variances of the sales at two small grocery stores are equal. A sample of 21 days of sales at Store A and a sample of 16 days of sales at Store B indicated the following. Store A Store B n1 = 21 n2 = 16 = 800 = 400 a. Provide the hypotheses to be tested. b. Compute the test statistic. c. Determine the critical value of F at 95% confidence. d. Compute the p-value and use it to test the above hypotheses.

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Abank provides its customers mobile applications that significantly simplify traditional banking activities. for example, a customer can use a smartphone to take a picture of a check and electronically deposit into an account. this unique service demonstrates the bank’s desire to practice which one of porter’s strategies?

Ardmore farm and seed has an inventory dilemma. they have been selling a brand of very popular insect spray for the past year. they have never really analyzed the costs incurred from ordering and holding the inventory and currently fave a large stock of the insecticide in the warehouse. they estimate that it costs $25 to place an order, and it costs $0.25 per gallon to hold the spray. the annual requirements total 80,000 gallons for a 365 day year.a. assuming that 10,000 gallons are ordered each time an order is placed, estimate the annual inventory costs.b. calculate the eoq.c. given the eoq calculated in part b., how many orders should be placed and what is the average inventory balance? d. if it takes seven days to receive an order from suppliers, at what inventory level should ardmore place another order?