the kia soul automobile is currently positioned as a vehicle for young adults. kia’s message to the target market is that it is exciting, youthful, and trendy. however, max and his friends who are 20-somethings, just like the music and the hamster spokes characters. they don’t care about the car itself. the message that kia originally encoded and the meaning max and his friends ultimately decoded . probably contain circular feedback. b. may be different because of noise. c. are usually exactly the same. d. rarely are similar because of feedback. e. are collectively termed the communications channel.

Do a swot analysis for the business idea you chose in question 2 above. describe at least 2 strengths, 2 weaknesses, 2 opportunities, and 2 threats for that company idea.

Aproduction line has three machines a, b, and c, with reliabilities of .96, .86, and .85, respectively. the machines are arranged so that if one breaks down, the others must shut down. engineers are weighing two alternative designs for increasing the line’s reliability. plan 1 involves adding an identical backup line, and plan 2 involves providing a backup for each machine. in either case, three machines (a, b, and c) would be used with reliabilities equal to the original three. a. compute overall system reliability under plan 1. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability b. compute overall system reliability under plan 2. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability c. which plan will provide the higher reliability? plan2plan1

In transportation model analysis, the stepping-stone method is used to: a. obtain an initial feasible solutionb. evaluate empty cells for possible degeneracyc. evaluate empty cells for potential solution improvementsd. identify a dummy origin pointe. balance supply and demand