Asample containing years to maturity and yield for 40 corporate bonds are contained in the data file named corporatebonds (barron’s, april 2, 2012). a. what is the sample mean years to maturity for corporate bonds and what is the sample standard deviation? b. develop a 95% confidence interval for the population mean years to maturity. c. what is the sample mean yield on corporate bonds and what is the sample standard deviation? d. develop a 95% confidence interval for the population mean yield on corporate bonds.

Vintage fun reproduces oldminusfashioned style roller skates and skateboards. the annual production and sales of roller skates is 950 units, while 1,750 skateboards are produced and sold. the company has traditionally used direct labor hours to allocate its overhead to products. roller skates require 2.5 direct labor hours per unit, while skateboards require 1.25 direct labor hours per unit. the total estimated overhead for the period is $114,300. the company is looking at the possibility of changing to an activityminusbased costing system for its products. if the company used an activityminusbased costing system, it would have the following three activity cost pools: the overhead cost per skateboard using the traditional costing system would be closest to: a. $9.31. b. $65.31. c. $25.05. your answer is not correct.d.

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Which of the following best explains why large companies pay less for goods from wholesalers? a. large companies are able to pay for the goods they purchase in cash. b. large companies are able to increase the efficiency of wholesale production. c. large companies can buy all or most of a wholesaler's stock. d. large companies have better-paid employees who are better negotiators.