The geometric mean is often used in business and economics for finding average rates of change, average rates of growth, or average ratios. given n values (all of which are positive), the geometric mean is the nth root of their product. the average growth factor for money compounded at annual interest rates of 8.5%, 4.1%, and 2.7% can be found by computing the geometric mean of 1.085, 1.041, and 1.027. find that average growth factor, or geometric mean. what single percentage growth would be the same as having three successive growth rates of 8.5%, 4.1%, and 2.7%? is that result the same as the mean of 8.5%, 4.1%, and 2.7%?

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Xie company identified the following activities, costs, and activity drivers for 2017. the company manufactures two types of go-karts: deluxe and basic. activity expected costs expected activity handling materials $ 625,000 100,000 parts inspecting product 900,000 1,500 batches processing purchase orders 105,000 700 orders paying suppliers 175,000 500 invoices insuring the factory 300,000 40,000 square feet designing packaging 75,000 2 models required: 1. compute a single plantwide overhead rate, assuming that the company assigns overhead based on 125,000 budgeted direct labor hours. 2. in january 2017, the deluxe model required 2,500 direct labor hours and the basic model required 6,000 direct labor hours. assign overhead costs to each model using the single plantwide overhead rate.

Hundreds of a bank's customers have called the customer service call center to complain that they are receiving text messages on their phone telling them to access a website and enter personal information to resolve an issue with their account. what action should the bank take?