You are applying for jobs in the financial industry, looking for a position applying numerical methods in the field of financial modeling. An interviewer tells you about the 1982 rounding error in the Vancouver Stock Exchange's index, in which the error caused a 50 percent loss of value in 22 months. The interviewer decides to determine your knowledge of floating-point representations with a quick test. You are asked to represent the number in a floating-point system that contains numbers of the form with and exponent . What is the absolute error due to rounding if the floating point system rounds down (towards zero)

During 2017, sheridan company expected job no. 26 to cost $300000 of overhead, $500000 of materials, and $200000 in labor. sheridan applied overhead based on direct labor cost. actual production required an overhead cost of $260000, $510000 in materials used, and $150000 in labor. all of the goods were completed. what amount was transferred to finished goods?

Examine the following book-value balance sheet for university products inc. the preferred stock currently sells for $30 per share and pays a dividend of $3 a share. the common stock sells for $16 per share and has a beta of 0.9. there are 2 million common shares outstanding. the market risk premium is 9%, the risk-free rate is 5%, and the firm’s tax rate is 40%. book-value balance sheet (figures in $ millions) assets liabilities and net worth cash and short-term securities $ 2.0 bonds, coupon = 6%, paid annually (maturity = 10 years, current yield to maturity = 8%) $ 5.0 accounts receivable 3.0 preferred stock (par value $15 per share) 3.0 inventories 7.0 common stock (par value $0.20) 0.4 plant and equipment 21.0 additional paid-in stockholders’ equity 13.6 retained earnings 11.0 total $ 33.0 total $ 33.0 a. what is the market debt-to-value ratio of the firm? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) b. what is university’s wacc? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

The textbook defines ethics as “the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group,” and specifically as the standards one uses to decide what their conduct should be. to what extent do you believe that what happened at bp (british petrolium) is as much a breakdown in the company’s ethical systems as it is in its safety systems, and how would you defend your conclusion?