What is the present value? In other words, how much money do you need to invest today?

Exponents and Polynomials in the Real World

The use of complex math, including exponents, is instrumental in many fields. Exponents are used in scientific, financial, and economic applications. Such math is also used to solve problems and make predictions in your personal life as well. One important formula that requires the understanding of exponents is the present value formula. Present value, PV, is a widely used formula that calculates the present day value of an amount that is received at a future date.

The Present Value Formula is PV = FV/^n ,where PV is the present value that will amount to FV dollars in n years at interest rate r compounded annually.

For the initial post, think of something you want or need that has a future cost between $5,000 and $90,0000. For example, maybe you want to save up for your child’s college education or maybe you want to save for a cabin on the lake. Assume you have an investment, which provides between 6% and 11% interest compounded annually, and you want to purchase your desired item in 15 years. What is the present value? In other words, how much money do you need to invest today?

Include the following in your discussion:

State the FV or cost of the desired item in n = 15 years.
State he interest rate, r, you will earn on your investment .
Set up the formula and solve for the present value, PV, showing all work.

Create some summary statistics, for the variable Vid1, by the two genders. What are some assumptions that need to be checked for the process to work?

The researcher then wants to find if there is a difference in the number of correct answers for video 1 for the two genders, using a T-test comparison.
What is your null and alternative hypothesis?
Create some summary statistics, for the variable Vid1, by the two genders.
What are some assumptions that need to be checked for the process to work?
Test if the variable Vid1 is normally distributed for the two genders respectively.
Use SAS or R to run the appropriate T-test, present your T score and the p-value.
What is your verdict?

Explain the concept of “crowding out”. Based on the data collected, which of these countries likely has the most extensive “crowding out”? Explain.

Before addressing the following questions, you will first need to collect some data! Use online websites  to find economic data for Japan, USA, India, Italy, Iraq, and Mexico. Specifically, find recent data for per capita GDP and government debt-to-GDP ratio.

Based on the data collected, do you think that debt is a problem faced by economically advanced countries, undeveloped countries, or both? Justify your answer.

The United States government has a 100% repayment rate—it has always repaid its debt. Given what we know about risk and return, do you think the USA is generally charged high or low interest rates on borrowing money? Similarly, do you think Iraq is likely to pay high or low interest rates on loans?

Explain the concept of “crowding out”. Based on the data collected, which of these countries likely has the most extensive “crowding out”? Explain.

 

Discuss trends, especially in % terms, and any notable features of the data.

Follow sales of Peloton company during the pandemic

This is your big research paper. It MUST be analytical, not purely descriptive. Choose ANY relatively narrow product category such as men’s clothing, or beef, or smartphones, etc. YOUR PAPER MUST INCLUDE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS.
1. Follow the sales of your product directly before and throughout the pandemic. Use actual data. Discuss trends, especially in % terms, and any notable features of the data. Tables and/or graphs should be included.
2. USING THE TOOLS DEVELOPED IN CLASS analyze the performance of your product. Scarcity, opportunity cost, supply/ demand shifters, behavioral economics, theory of the firm including transactions cost , and consumer-choice theory are examples of the types of tools you should use.
3. Project what might happen to your product as the pandemic ends BASED ON YOUR ANALYSIS IN (2).
Proper citation methodology is MANDATORY. Penalty points will be assessed for improper citation. This includes in-text cites and a reference list. Proper writing structure—subheadings—is required.

Discuss the attached excerpts on Sachs “The End of Poverty Chapter 3 Why Some Countries Fail to Thrive” All page numbers refer to the 2006 paperback edition.

Problems Preventing Economic Growth

Discuss the attached excerpts on Sachs “The End of Poverty Chapter 3 Why Some Countries Fail to Thrive” All page numbers refer to the 2006 paperback edition.
After reading this chapter pages 55-66 , please identify/respond to one of the questions below.
Sachs describes eight major problem areas that prevent economic growth Mention one that seems most urgent in our modern times. Why? explain.

Define the policy or program, discuss its importance/relevance, outline its scope and objectives, and identify the stakeholders that are in the project. Do you think the policy or program to deal with this scarce resource will allow for more sustainability or not?

Environmental economics
In this paper, you will be investigating your local area or state and identify one scarce resource. identify an environmental policy or program you plan to examine in the paper that has been used to deal with this scarce resource. Make sure that the proposed topic has a sustainability component to it.

Define the policy or program, discuss its importance/relevance, outline its scope and objectives, and identify the stakeholders that are in the project.

Do you think the policy or program to deal with this scarce resource will allow for more sustainability or not? What are your recommendations given all of the research you have done? Do you agree with the regulations/laws that have been proposed to help bring about sustainability?

This paper should be five pages in length, which does not include your title and reference page that should be in APA formatting. You will need to make sure that you have at least 5 academic sources in your paper that are clearly noted to help either support or refute your position. You will need to include either one graph or table in your paper to present the data you are working with.

What is the concentration of xylene in this room?How long can this operator be exposed without any control and still respect both limits?

The lower explosive limit of xylene is 1%.

In a room where xylene solution is being sprayed, an engineer uses a calibrate combustible gas meter to determine that the xylene concentration is 10% of the LEL.

What is the concentration of xylene in this room?
1,000 parts per million
10,000 parts per million
9% great that the LEL of xylene
11% greater than the LEL of xylene

What is the flow rate of air moving through a portable blowers with a velocity of 120 FT/Min, through ha pipe of diameter 10 inches
0.425 ft3/min
7 ft3/min
54 ft3/min
9,420 ft3/min

An operator is working on a piece of machinery that is producing noise at 105 DBA. The company threshold level is at 85 DBA with 5 DBA exchange rate. The local authority is 90 DBA with 3 DBA exchange rate.
How long can this operator be exposed without any control and still respect both limits?
Less than 5 minutes
15 minutes
30 minutes
1 hour

A company has decided to perform one random safety audit monthly of their 10 crews. The following are near miss points the crews accrued over the last year.
Crew 1 = 55
Crew 2 = 30
Crew 3 = 56
Crew 4 = 40
Crew 5 = 45
Crew 6 = 25
Crew 7 = 28
Crew 8 = 49
Crew 9 = 40
Crew 10 = 32

A crew is considered to be eligible for the safety audit if it accrued near miss points higher than 40
Which is the probability of a crew being selected for a safety audit?

Identify the assumptions made in the arguments made on both sides of the issue – for example, why might someone argue that the demand for entry-level fast-food workers is inelastic? Do you identify any biases in your evidence?

You are to present your findings in the following order:

1) Clearly state the issue and briefly describe the most important factors to be examined in this decision. Explain why you are focused on these particular factors – why do you think they are the most important things to consider?
2) Present your evidence supporting both sides of the issue and provide the citations necessary so that your reader can return to your source material to verify your findings.
3) Identify the assumptions made in the arguments made on both sides of the issue – for example, why might someone argue that the demand for entry-level fast-food workers is inelastic? Do you identify any biases in your evidence?
4) Given all the above, what is your position on raising the minimum wage to $15 nationwide? Do not limit yourself to saying, ‘I support/don’t support this policy proposal.’ Rather, explain and defend your position, adding any caveats or other considerations to your answer. This is also a chance to be creative – do you have a proposal of your own that addresses some concerns of both sides?
5) Assuming you were asked about this proposal by a friend, how would you respond? Limit this response to about 4-5 short statements.