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Global Technology’s capital structure is as follows

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Global Technology’s capital structure is as follows:   Debt50%Preferred

stock35 Common equity15 

The aftertax cost of debt is 7.50 percent; the cost of preferred stock is 11.00 percent; and the cost of common equity (in the form of retained earnings) is 14.50 percent.

Calculate the Global Technology’s weighted cost of each source of capital and the weighted average cost of capital. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

 
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Low-energy light bulbs

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Low-energy light bulbs typically cost $3.60, have a life of 9 years, and currently use $2.00 of electricity per

year.  Conventional light bulbs are cheaper to buy, as they cost on $0.60.  But, they last 1 year and currently use $7.00 of electricity per year.  If the real discount rate is 4%, which light bulb is cheaper to use assuming a burnt-out bulb is replaced by an identical bulb?

 
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Isabel Briggs Myers

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7-Isabel Briggs Myers was a pioneer in the study of personality types. The personality types are broadly

defined according to four main preferences. Do married couples choose similar or different personality types in their mates? The following data give an indication.

Similarities and Differences in a Random Sample of 375 Married Couples

Number of Similar Preferences Number of Married Couples

All four 26

Three 133

Two 111

One 67

None 38

Suppose that a married couple is selected at random.

(a) Use the data to estimate the probability that they will have 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 personality preferences in common. (Enter your answers to 2 decimal places.)

0: ________

1: ________

2: ________

3: ________

4: ________

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John runs a computer software store. Yesterday he counted 127 people who walked by the store, 52 of whom came into the store. Of the 52, only 29 bought something in the store. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)

(a) Estimate the probability that a person who walks by the store will enter the store.

(b) Estimate the probability that a person who walks into the store will buy something.

(c) Estimate the probability that a person who walks by the store will come in and buy something.

(d) Estimate the probability that a person who comes into the store will buy nothing.   

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Given P(A) = 0.3

and P(B) = 0.4,

do the following.

(a) If A and B are mutually exclusive events, compute P(A or B).

(b) If P(A and B) = 0.3,

compute P(A or B).

 
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M&M plain candies come in various colors

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17-M&M plain candies come in various colors. According to the M&M/Mars Department of Consumer

Affairs, the distribution of colors for plain M&M candies is as follows.

Color Purple Yellow Red Orange Green Blue Brown

Percentage 17% 22% 21% 7% 8% 10% 15%

Suppose you have a large bag of plain M&M candies and you choose one candy at random.

(a) Find P(green candy or blue candy).

Are these outcomes mutually exclusive? Why?

Yes. Choosing a green and blue M&M is possible. No. Choosing a green and blue M&M is not possible.   Yes. Choosing a green and blue M&M is not possible. No. Choosing a green and blue M&M is possible.

(b) Find P(yellow candy or red candy).

Are these outcomes mutually exclusive? Why?

Yes. Choosing a yellow and red M&M is possible. Yes. Choosing a yellow and red M&M is not possible.   No. Choosing a yellow and red M&M is possible. No. Choosing a yellow and red M&M is not possible.

(c) Find P(not purple candy).

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A national park is famous for its beautiful desert landscape and its many natural rock formations. The following table is based on information gathered by a park ranger of all rock formations of at least 3 feet. The height of the rock formation is rounded to the nearest foot.

Height of rock formation, feet 3-9 10-29 30-49 50-74 75 and higher

Number of rock formations in park 118 80 23 24 12

For a rock formation chosen at random from this park, use the preceding information to estimate the probability that the height of the rock formation is as follows. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)

(a) 3 to 9 feet

(b) 30 feet or taller

(c) 3 to 49 feet

(d) 10 to 74 feet

(e) 75 feet or taller

 
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