Questions from Spreadsheet Modeling


Q: Refer to the previous question. A manufacturing engineer for MPI collected

Refer to the previous question. A manufacturing engineer for MPI collected the following data on the failure rates of components X, Y, and Z in a random sample of 1,000 circuit boards: For example, t...

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Q: Southern Gas Company (SGC) is preparing to make a bid

Southern Gas Company (SGC) is preparing to make a bid for oil and gas leasing right in a newly opened drilling area in the Gulf of Mexico. SGC is trying to decide whether to placea high bid of $16 mil...

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Q: Give an example of a national business, political, or military

Give an example of a national business, political, or military leader who made a good decision that resulted in a bad outcome, or a bad decision that resulted in a good outcome.

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Q: US Express is an overnight package delivery company based in Atlanta,

US Express is an overnight package delivery company based in Atlanta, Georgia. Jet fuel is one of the largest operating costs incurred by the company, and the company wants your assistance in managing...

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Q: Throughout our discussion of regression analysis, we used the Regression command

Throughout our discussion of regression analysis, we used the Regression command to obtain the parameter estimates that minimize the sum of squared estimation errors. Suppose that we want to obtain pa...

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Q: Bulloch County has never allowed liquor to be sold in restaurants.

Bulloch County has never allowed liquor to be sold in restaurants. However, in 3 months, county residents are scheduled to vote on a referendum to allow liquor to be sold by the drink. Currently, poll...

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Q: The Banis co Corporation is negotiating a contract to borrow $300

The Banis co Corporation is negotiating a contract to borrow $300,000 to be repaid in a lump sum at the end of 9 years. Interest payments will be made on the loan at the end of each year. The company...

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Q: Refer to the previous question. The present value (PV)

Refer to the previous question. The present value (PV) of a future cash-flow value (FV) is defined as: where n is the number of years into the future in which the cash flow occurs and r is the discou...

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Q: From industry statistics, a credit card company knows that 0.

From industry statistics, a credit card company knows that 0.8 of its potential cardholders are good credit risks and 0.2 are bad credit risks. The company uses discriminate analysis to screen credit...

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Q: The Mobile Oil company has recently acquired oil rights to a new

The Mobile Oil company has recently acquired oil rights to a new potential source of natural oil in Alaska. The current market value of these rights is $90,000. If there is natural oil at the site, it...

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