Assume that you are considering enhancing a machine by adding a special feature to it. The percentage of time (the original run time before the feature is added) that the machine can be run using this new feature is denote as p%, and, during this portion of time, the machine with this new feature runs f% faster than the old one without it. Required:
a. Determine the overall speedup for each of the following:

i. f = 100, p = 100
ii. f = 100, p = 50
iii. f = 400, p = 50
iv. f = 400, p = 20

b. Draw a graph that plots together each of the two speedup functions for f = 100 and f = 400 in terms of p (y-axis being the speedup and x-axis being p).

Technician a says that the radiator usually cools better if the front air dam is removed. technician b says that when a condenser has a leak it can be repaired easily with epoxy. who is correct?

Based on your knowledge of a good network, describe what you think is a perfect network would be. what kind of information and resources could users share on this network. what would the network administrator do? what kind of communication would be used?

3. ranga ramasesh is the operations manager for a firm that is trying to decide which one of four countries it should research for possible outsourcing providers. the first step is to select a country based on cultural risk factors, which are critical to eventual business success with the provider. ranga has reviewed outsourcing provider directories and found that the four countries in the table that follows have an ample number of providers from which they can choose. to aid in the country selection step, he has enlisted the aid of a cultural expert, john wang, who has provided ratings of the various criteria in the table. the resulting ratings are on a 1 to 10 scale, where 1 is a low risk and 10 is a high risk. john has also determined six criteria weightins: trust, with a weight of 0.3; quality, with 0.2; religious, with 0.1; individualism, with 0.2; time, with 0.1; and uncertainity, with 0.1. using the factor-rating method, which country should ranga select? why? (2 points)