Mountain ski corp. was set up to take large risks and is willing to take the greatest risk possible. lakeway train co. is more typical of the average corporation and is risk-averse.

projects returns: expected value standard deviation
a $ 278,000 $ 175,000
b 724,000 483,000
c 106,000 105,000
d 137,000 302,000

(a) compute the coefficients of variation. (round your answers to 3 decimal places.)
(b) which of the following four projects should mountain ski corp. choose?
(c) which one of the four projects should lakeway train co. choose based on the same criteria of using the coefficient of variation?

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Horace society is planning its annual western fair raceway gala. the gala committee has assembled the following expected costs for the event: dinner (per person) $10 gaming token and program (per person) $2 prize payouts $4,300 tickets and advertising $800 private box suite rental $1,700 lottery licenses $200 the committee members would like to charge $40 per person for the evening’s activities.required: 1. what is the break-even point for the dinner-dance (in terms of the number of persons who must attend)? 2. assume that last year only 200 persons attended the dinner-dance. if the same number attend this year, what price per ticket must be charged in order to break even? 3. refer to the original data ($40 ticket price per person). prepare a cvp graph for the dinner- dance from zero tickets up to 600 tickets sold.

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