Examples of Problem Solving Worth Checking Out

Abstract

This is a Laboratory Journal of Organic Chemistry Note for synthesis reaction data obtained in the Organic Chemistry Laboratory — all information was experimentally conducted. This article should be used as a reference when conducting your own synthesis reactions.

The three synthesis reactions covered in this experiment are all substitution reactions. The first synthesis is a reflex reaction leading to yielding of primary alcohol, and involves 2 reactants – NaBr and H2SO4. Since it is bimolecular in nature, it can be easily classified as a Sn2 reaction.

The second synthesis can be carried out easily in the presence of only one ...

The income statement revealed that the manufacturing subsidiary and Japanese distribution segment are representing loss annually. The company should shut down its Japanese distribution and continue its ongoing manufacturing subsidiary as it supply goods to other subsidiaries that are making high profits. The company has to continue its manufacturing subsidiary as the profitability of other three subsidiaries depends upon its production. The Japanese subsidiary is showing loss of 10,500 that could harm the position of the company in the market. The company must shut down the Japanese subsidiary as the amount of loss is too high and it ...

Explain the difference between the two statements mentioned below:

Spilling water on skin surface on a hot day will cool the body temperature. Spilling vegetable oil on skin surface on a hot day will not cool down the body temperature.

Strategy to Solve this Problem

The first step will be to discuss the temperature regulation mechanism of the human body. It will be followed by the cooling mechanisms adopted by the skin surface on a hot day to maintain the aforesaid body temperature. Next will be an overview of the inherent properties of water and vegetable oils. Finally, a correlation between the body mechanisms and cooling effects by water ...

Introduction

Investors are increasingly becoming aware of the need for comprehensive business analysis in their decisions regarding investment portfolios. With that, several analysis tools including financial ratios have gained prominence. However, although the ratios are some of the key indicators of a business’ performance, they are subject to some limitations. In that respect, this report seeks discuss some of those potential pitfalls and demonstrate the ratios’ application with analysis of Apple Company’s liquidity, efficiency and profitability.

Analysis

Potential Pitfalls in Ratio Analysis

Financial ratios have some limitations that require them to be used together with other financial analysis tools for a ...

Google is a multinational company that has specialized in internet-related products and services such as cloud computing, search, and online advertising technologies and software. It has research tools that enable individuals to get ideas and information that they need. This provides a great scaffold for students especially those who struggle with writing but also it has in-house tools for everyone to utilize in gathering information, videos, citation references, images as well as vocabularies. Since its foundation and registration as a domain, it has become a significant source of information. Google provides a variety of tools that enables individuals and students learning easier and more ...

SWOT analysis is a very helpful method used by organizations and businesses to know their strengths and weaknesses, it is also used to identify opportunities available to the business as well as the threats that the business faces. This tool is important in decision making as it provides the decision makers i.e. the executive board, the management and all other stakeholders in an organization with all the necessary information on what actions should be taken so that the business remains relevant in the ever changing market. SWOT analysis helps the organization to come up with strategies that will distinguish it ...

Nowadays, putting up a business is a better option than finding employment in someone else’s company. There are many business options and ideas that people can choose from, which could be the start of something big and better for the individual. However, it is important to note that not all who go into business succeed. This can be attributed to the person’s, or group or persons’, lack of understanding pertaining to the type of business to structure to follow. If one wants to capitalize on the potentials of a business, understanding the business and choosing the appropriate business structure can ...

Facts: Rajesh, who is a student in the university, works part-time as a delivery man for Yum Yum Pizzas. He is working in shift with strict start but the finish times are unspecified. While working he wears the uniform of Yum Yum Pizzas – a T-shirt and a cap. He was provided with special heat keeping panniers for the pizzas to stay hot. He used them on his own bicycle with the help of which he delivered the pizzas. Rajesh was paid a flat fee for every delivery. One evening, caring out his subsequent delivery, Rajesh performs a detour to the nearest LiquorMart store to buy ...

How to Use GMM to compare performance of the input model with a capital-only model

According to Hou, Xue and Zhong (2015), the Q Theory is used in the testing of predictions that are attributed to the cross-sectional distribution of stock returns within financial markets. Consequently, the expected return of assets is described primarily by their sensitivity based on the excess of the risk free rate expressed in terms of several factors. These factors are the return on equity which is also referred to as a probability factor, an investment factor as well as a size factor. Consequently, the Q Factor model has been consistently outperformed the Fama and French Model both its terms of its ...

Debt Structure of Intel

Intel is one of the largest companies supplying computer chips, semiconductors and peripherals to the computing industry. It is also a very well managed organization both operationally and financially. This activity will discuss the capital position of the company and its capital structure. The glance at the ratios in the table below tells us about the capital structure condition of the company.

The above table clearly shows that the company is more geared as compared to the industry average. In other words, the company has more debt as compared to the industry. This also means that the company will ...

Question 1. Explain why the aggregate demand curve slopes downward?

Answer: The summary of the IS-LM model is depicted by AD curve. AD curve slopes downward because at a lower level of price, the real money balance increases, and interest rate falls, which stimulates the investments. As a result the equilibrium income increases.

Question 2. What is the impact of an increase in taxes on the interest rate, income, consumption, and investment?

Answer: When the tax increases, it will cause the IS curve to shift towards left reaching to IS2 from IS1. As a result of this, the equilibrium point A shifts to B where the interest rate will reach to r2 by falling from r1. The income will also be reduced from Y1 to Y2. The increase in the tax ...

McDonald’s Strategy

The strategy of McDonald’s is to expand the areas of its operations in International market through capital expenditures in opening of new restaurants. The success of the overall strategy of the company depends heavily upon the fluctuation in the foreign exchange rates and efficiency of the company in utilizing the capital expenditures in the strategic manner. The biggest uncertainty that the company could face is the abnormal fluctuation in the foreign exchange rate and the variations in the sale in the seasons of Olympics and worldwide operator’s convention.

Ratios to Consider by the Company

The company should closely observe the net income margin ...

The Cherokee Indians are the Native American tribes. Historically, they were living on the East of the Mississippi River. They occupied forests and mountain regions of the United States. By the time of Andrew Jackson presidency, they were living on the frontier territory. Jackson believed that the United States’ power is based on the small farms. Therefore, he needed the farmers to move further. Every farmer should have his own piece of the land. Besides, the nation produced a lot of cotton. The need of new cotton fields as well as the development of slavery led to the need of ...

Most Common Times of Day for Purchasing

A pivot table is created to identify the most common timings of the day for purchasing. In this regard, the given data is modified in a way that a column of day section is introduced by adding a function of IF. The “At Work” timings are assumed from 8 am to 7 pm, whereas, the remaining timings show a status of “At Home”. The following pivot table clearly identifies that the customer tends to purchase more during the office timings i-e. “At Work”, as compared to the home timings i-e “At Home”. Moreover, the following pivot table also clearly depicts that the payment ...

Health Economics

Answer 1)

i) The maximum price which Celgene should spend is the intersection point of demand curve and marginal cost, as any consideration above this point will be above his ATC, and will bring losses for the firm.

Answer 2)

i) Annual Revenue of top four companies : 130+74+58+49= $311 Billion Total Revenue of all the companies in the industry: 130+74+58+49+34+17+14+13+10+271=$670 Billion Four-Firm Concentration Ratio: 311/670= 46.41%

ii) HHI: Note: HHI = Sum of square of market share of all the firms iii) As a basic rule, Justice Department always ...

a) All the firms in the perfectly competitive market structure are the price takers while the price is fixed by the industry through the forces of price mechanism. The diagram below indicates the equilibrium state for the Bottled Water market and each individual firm: Figure A represents market demand curve, while Figure B represents demand curve of an individual firm in the perfectly competitive market

b) At the announcement of tap water being toxic, the market for Bottled Water will see a positive change in the demand figures and as a result, the demand curve will shift rightwards. On the other ...

Executive Summary

The report discusses various aspects relating to Air New Zealand Limited and The Warehouse Group where the objective is to issue a recommendation to the investors as which stock might offer better return to them. The report begins with a succinct discussion about both the companies which is then followed by assessment of their financial trend using their latest issued annual report and past three year stock price movement.

The next section deals solely with the financial aspects where we unearthed the capital structure of the companies, required rate of return, calculated their free cash flows and ascertained their intrinsic ...

QUESTION 1

Mary is a Conscientious Moral Agent. Identify a moral argument or arguments that Mary can apply in this case. Use the facts of this case to explain the moral reasoning and moral principle(s) that Mary applies in this case.

ANSWER: Given the condition in which Mary was in, it is important that she addresses the situation as impartial as she can be. In this particular case, she should therefore forget that she is the mother of one of the students in the place of employment of one of their patients in the hospital who was having psychological health issues. ...

A manager has been defined as an individual who has control over a business or organization and manipulates resources and spending in the enterprise or organization. The manager is tasked with the job of minimizing costs and maximizing profit for the organization. The one sure avenue of achieving this is to focus the employees that are under him to perform in their work activities so that the objectives of the organization are met. A critical analysis of the various roles of the manager will indicate a bias towards focusing people towards the performance of work activities to achieve organization objectives (Comfort ...

Sports is an international cultural activity that is shared and enjoyed by everyone across the globe. Some people even believe that sport is one of the major ways of uniting the world. When people think of sports, they often think of it as an outfield or outdoor event comprising of a tangible playing field and a visible opponent. In recent days, however, a new version of sports known as E-Sports has emerged. The E, in this case, stands for electronic. These electronic sports have been part and parcel of modern culture and cannot be ignored. Inadvertently, their emergence prompts the re-definition of ...

Hard rock mining company is interested in coming up with formulas that will be used to base management planning and decision making. The purpose of this paper is to determine the factors that affect the utility costs and we will be using regression analysis to determine the strength of the relationship between the utility cost which is the outcome variable and the predictor variables direct labor hours and tons mined. The objective of this analysis is to consider the independent variable that is statistically significant in the prediction of the dependent variable. The summary statistics of the variables and ...

For this paper, I have chosen to write about malnutrition in Guatemala. One of the first friends I met at university is part of a family who adopted a 4-year-old girl from Guatemala when he was 10. She was small for her age and had learning difficulties, and is now a teenager who never caught up on her growth and still needs assistance due to learning disabilities. Like many children in Guatemala, she was so malnourished that she suffered damage due to her malnutrition. While malnutrition in Guatemala is very extreme, hunger and malnutrition also affect many in the US, though to a ...

1. When placed on an agar slab and incubated at 30°C for 2 days, a single yeast cell proliferates into a colony with a diameter of 2 mm containing 108 yeast cells. If the cell has a functional Ade2 gene (Ade2+), the colony will be white; if Ade2 is non-functional (Ade2–), the colony will be red. You take a strain with a mutant Ade2– at the regular chromosomal position (red colonies) and insert a second, functional Ade2+ gene near the telomere. You find that the colonies are a mixture of red and white patches or sectors. Figure 1 shows some colonies; the black regions represent the ...