Brock's Candy uses a machine for bagging hard candy. The process has been designed so that the content of each bag will weigh 8.000 ounces. The following historical information from five samples with sample size n = 4 was found. Using a value for A2 of 0.73 and 3-sigma limits, what is the value of the upper controllimit for a Means (x-bar) chart? Sample Mean bag weight Minimum bag weight Maximum bag weight
1 7.97oz 7.89oz 7.92oz
2 8.093oz 7.900oz 8.20z
3 8.004oz 7.956oz 8.052oz
4 8.036oz 8.001oz 8.210oz
5 7.996oz 7.853oz 8.912oz

a. 40.036 ounces
b. 8.007 ounces
c. 8.150 ounces
d. 40.074 ounces
e. 40.503 ounces

The market for corn in country a is highly competitive. at the current market price of $5/bushel there is a shortage of 100,000 bushels of corn in this country. media reports claim that the price of corn will rise drastically in the near future. according to these reports, the neighboring country b had witnessed a similar situation recently. at the same price, the shortage in country b was also 100,000 bushels and eventually the equilibrium price in b went up to $10/bushel. both countries are known to have equal number of corn producers and the market supply of corn is identical at all prices. this, combined with the fact that consumers in the two countries also have similar tastes and preferences, led the media to conclude that the price of corn in country a would soon be as high as $10/bushel. the new equilibrium price turns out to be below $10/bushel, what inferences can be drawn?

Rosie and her brother michael decided recently to purchase an rv together. they both want to use the rv to take their families camping. the price of the rv was $10,000. since michael expects to use the rv 60% of the time and rosie 40% of the time, michael contributed $6,000 and rosie contributed $4,000. their ownership percentage equals their contribution percentage. which type of property titling should they use to reflect their ownership interest?

Aggart technologies is considering issuing new common stock and using the proceeds to reduce its outstanding debt. the stock issue would have no effect on total assets, the interest rate taggart pays, ebit, or the tax rate. which of the following is likely to occur if the company goes ahead with the stock issue? a. the roa will decline. b. taxable income will decline. c. the tax bill will increase. d. net income will decrease. e. the times-interest-earned ratio will decrease