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Monte inherited 1,000 shares of Corporation Zero stock from his father who died on March 4 of the current year. His father paid $30 per share for the stock on September 2, 2005. The FMV of the stock on the date of death was $50 per share. On September 4 this year, the FMV of the stock was $55 per share. The executor did not elect the alternate valuation date. Monte sold the stock for $65 per share on December 3. What is the amount and nature of any gain or loss? Solution.
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Crime will decrease by 10..
MonthYear Consider the population model P(t) = 34.5 + 1.24t,.pdf
Month:
Year: Consider the population model P(t) = 34.5 + 1.24t, where P is in thousands of people and t
measures years since January 1, 1999. In which month of which calendar year does the model
predict that the population will reach 40 thousand people?
Solution
year=2003 month=march.
Monique, Nelson, Olivia, Patrick, Queenie, Rosa, Sharim, Theo, and U.pdf
Monique, Nelson, Olivia, Patrick, Queenie, Rosa, Sharim, Theo, and Una plan to set out in teams
of three to canvass a neighborhood for a polling organization. They intend to repeat this
procedure for a total of four consecutive days (counting the first). They wish to arrange the teams
so that no two people will be in the same threesome on more than one day. Can you help them?
Solution
Monique = A Nelson = B Olivia = C Patrick = D Queenie = E Rosa = F Sharim = G
Theo = H Una = I Day 1: Group I = ABC, Group II = DEF, Group II = GHI Day 2: Group I =
AFG, Group II = BDH, Group III = CEI Day 3: Group I = AEH, Group II = BFI, Group III =
CDG Day 4: Group I = ADI, Group II = BEG, Group III = CFH.
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Monetary Inflation harms the poor.
True or False.
Solution
Hi
The correct answer is True
Eplanation: Moetary infaltion occurs when the value of money decrease and the products
become epensive. It greatly harms the poor as they cannot buy the same amount of goods at the
same rate.
Module 3 – CaseUTILITY ETHICSBackgroundIn the Module 3 Case, w.pdf
Module 3 – Case
UTILITY ETHICS
Background
In the Module 3 Case, we will use the Utility Test to inform our understanding of the Enron case
study.
Required Reading
Visit the library, and locate the following article:
Madsen, S., & Vance, C. (2009). Unlearned lessons from the past: An insider’s view of Enron’s
downfall. Corporate Governance, 9(2), 216-227. Retrieved from ProQuest.
Optional Resources
The following additional readings may also be helpful to you as you consider the Case:
Chandra, G. (2003). The Enron implosion and its lessons. Journal of Management Research,
3(2), 98-111. Retrieved from ProQuest.
Free, C., Macintosh, N., & Stein, M. (2007). Management controls: The organizational fraud
triangle of leadership, culture and control in Enron. Ivey Business Journal Online. Retrieved
from ProQuest.
Sims, R. R., & Brinkmann, J. (2003). Enron ethics (or: culture matters more than codes). Journal
of Business Ethics, 45(3), 243-256. Retrieved from ProQuest.
Assignment
In a well-written, 4- to 5-page paper, apply the Utility Test to the Enron case study.
Keys to the Assignment
1. Choose an ethical issue raised by the Enron case study – e.g., Enron’s accounting fraud, the
company’s reward systems, its use of “special purpose entities,” or Enron’s “deal making”
culture.
2. Apply the Utility Test: http://ethicsops.com/UtilityTest.php
3. Be sure that you follow each step of the Utility Test (use a separate section heading for
discussion of each step of the test):
A. Introduce the test.
B. Briefly discuss why utility ethics is a valid way of deciding right and wrong.
C. Apply the tes
Step 1: Identify the alternative actions that are possible and the persons and groups (the
stakeholders) who will be affected by these actions.
Step 2: For each of the most promising alternatives, determine the benefits and costs to each
person or group affected.
Step 3: Select the action in the current situation that produces the greatest benefits over costs for
all affected.
Step 4: Discuss what would happen if the action were a policy for all similar situations.
D. Draw a conclusion. If the same action is selected in Steps 3 & 4, then the action is an ethical
one. If different actions are selected, decide whether the individual action will produce the
greatest good and the least harm, for all affected, over the long term.
4. Be sure to use at least two sources from the library to support your discussion and analysis
(choose sources that are not included in the Background section of Module 3).
Follow the guidelines in The Student Guide to Writing a High Quality Academic Paper.
You are expected to demonstrate evidence of critical thinking – as defined in the background
materials and the grading rubric.
Assignment Expectations
Your paper will be evaluated using the grading rubric.
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Michael have ten pairs of black socks, eight pairs of white socks an.pdf
Michael have ten pairs of black socks, eight pairs of white socks and seven pairs of green socks.
Everything is mixed in a draw. As there is no light he were not able to identify the color of the
socks.
How many of the socks did he want to take to match one pair.
Solution
Although there are many socks in the draw, there are only three colors. So, four socks are enough
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Michael is approached by a man carrying two boxes. The stranger tell.pdf
Michael is approached by a man carrying two boxes. The stranger tells Michael to pick a box and
take the money inside the box. The stranger further tells Michael that the probability of the box
he didn\'t open containing twice as much money is 1=2.
What is the expected amount of money in the other Box?
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Solution
Let the total amount be X
Michael has to choose only one box out of two So
the probability of choosing a box is 1/2.
Now since the probability of having twice the amount in the box he didn\'t picked up is 1/2
so the expection or the expected value = E(2x) = 2x* P(2x).
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