is calculated by taking and then subtracting the value of how much physical capital is worn out, or reduced in value because of aging, over the course of a year.]

Kinkead inc. forecasts that its free cash flow in the coming year, i.e., at t = 1, will be −$10 million, but its fcf at t = 2 will be $20 million. after year 2, fcf is expected to grow at a constant rate of 4% forever. if the weighted average cost of capital is 14%, what is the firm's value of operations, in millions?

Every 10 years, the federal government sponsors a national survey of health and health practices (nhanes). one question in the survey asks participants to rate their overall health using a 5-point rating scale. what is the scale of measurement used for this question? ratio ordinal interval nominal

The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?