The stock of AB and YZ is publicly traded, and no shareholder owns more than a 1 percent interest in either corporation. AB owns 40 percent and YZ owns 60 percent of the stock of Alpha, which owns 90 percent of the stock of Beta. YZ and Beta each own 50 percent of the stock of Kappa. Which of the corporations identified in this problem form an affiliated group eligible to file a consolidated tax return?

The economic advisor of a large tire store proposes the demand function d(p)equalsstartfraction 1900 over p minus 40 endfraction , where d(p) is the number of tires of one brand and size that can be sold in one day at price p. answer parts (a) through (e) below. a. recalling that the demand must be positive, what is the domain of this function? the domain consists of all possible values of ▼ for which ▼ p d(p) ▼ does not exist. is positive. is zero. is negative. exists.

Statistical process control charts: a. indicate to the operator the true quality of material leaving the process. b. display upper and lower limits for process variables or attributes and signal when a process is no longer in control. c. indicate to the process operator the average outgoing quality of each lot. d. display the measurements on every item being produced. e. are a graphic way of classifying problems by their level of importance, often referred to as the 80-20 rule.

You are bearish on telecom and decide to sell short 100 shares at the current market price of $50 per share. a. how much in cash or securities must you put into your brokerage account if the broker’s initial margin requirement is 50% of the value of the short position? b. how high can the price of the stock go before you get a margin call if the maintenance margin is 30% of the value of the short position? (input the amount as a positive value. round your answer to 2 decimal places.)