Ebenezer Scrooge has invested 65% of his money in share A and the remainder in share B. He assesses their prospects as follows: A B
Expected return (%) 15 19
Standard deviation (%) 21 21
Correlation between returns 0.5
a. What are the expected return and standard deviation of returns on his portfolio? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)
b. How would your answer change if the correlation coefficient were 0 or –0.50? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)
c. Is Mr. Scrooge’s portfolio better or worse than one invested entirely in share A, or is it not possible to say?
Better
Worse
Not possible to say

12. nelson corporation, which has only one product, has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations: selling price $ 115 units in beginning inventory 380 units produced 5,900 units sold 6,070 units in ending inventory 210 variable costs per unit: direct materials $ 46 direct labor $ 27 variable manufacturing overhead $ 3 variable selling and administrative $ 12 fixed costs: fixed manufacturing overhead $ 112,100 fixed selling and administrative $ 36,420 the company produces the same number of units every month, although the sales in units vary from month to month. the company's variable costs per unit and total fixed costs have been constant from month to month. a. prepare a contribution format income statement for the month using variable costing. unit product cost under variable costing direct materials direct labor variable manufacturing overhead variable costing unit product cost (formula)

Required information [the following information applies to the questions displayed below.] the following data is provided for garcon company and pepper company. garcon company pepper company beginning finished goods inventory $ 13,800 $ 18,850 beginning work in process inventory 16,700 20,700 beginning raw materials inventory 8,800 13,500 rental cost on factory equipment 28,250 26,650 direct labor 22,400 37,400 ending finished goods inventory 17,300 14,300 ending work in process inventory 23,200 19,400 ending raw materials inventory 5,900 9,600 factory utilities 11,250 15,000 factory supplies used 10,900 5,700 general and administrative expenses 32,500 44,500 indirect labor 2,500 9,880 repairs—factory equipment 4,820 2,150 raw materials purchases 41,500 63,000 selling expenses 54,800 49,000 sales 238,530 317,510 cash 33,000 23,700 factory equipment, net 222,500 124,825 accounts receivable, net 13,400 23,950 required: 1. complete the table to find the cost of goods manufactured for both garcon company and pepper company for the year ended december 31, 2017. 2. complete the table to calculate the cost of goods sold for both garcon company and pepper company for the year ended december 31, 2017.

Three students were applying to the same graduate school. they came from schools with different grading systems. student gpa school average gpa school standard deviation thuy 2.9 3.2 0.8 vichet 83 75 20 kamala 8.6 8 0.4 which student had the best gpa when compared to other students at his school? explain how you determined your answer. (enter your standard deviation to two decimal places.) correct: your answer is correct. had the best gpa compared to other students at his school, since his gpa is 2.25 incorrect: your answer is incorrect. standard deviations correct: your answer is correct. his school's average gpa.