Ahuman resource company performs employment screening for large companies in southern california. recently, the company began working with a new client and formulated a new test just for this company. thirty people were given the test. the data below reflect the scores of those 30 people. the human resource company has in the past issued a rejection letter with no interview to the lower 16% taking the test. they also send the upper 2.5% directly to the company without an interview. everyone else is interviewed. based on the data and assuming a bell-shaped distribution, what scores should be used for the two cutoffs? 73 75 74 59 64 78 69 94 60 64 74 71 84 62 66 97 75 57 67 85 61 76 67 65 56 78 89 79 78 67

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Suppose the marginal damage and marginal benefit curves in a polluted neighborhood are md = p/3 and mb = 4 – p. also, suppose that transactions costs are low, so that the consumers and the firm can bargain. we saw that in this case, the socially-optimal level of pollution is achieved. start by computing the socially-optimal p. then, for each of the following cases, compute the amount of money transferred through the bargaining process, and indicate who pays whom (i.e., whether consumers pay the firm, or vice versa). also, compute the gains to each party relative to the status quo (i.e., the starting point of the bargaining process).a)consumers have the right to clean air; firm is dominant in the bargaining process.b)consumers have the right to clean air; consumers are dominant in the bargaining process.c)firm has the right to pollute; firm is dominant in the bargaining process.d)firm has the right to pollute; consumers are dominant in the bargaining proces

The smelting department of kiner company has the following production and cost data for november. production: beginning work in process 3,700 units that are 100% complete as to materials and 23% complete as to conversion costs; units transferred out 10,500 units; and ending work in process 8,100 units that are 100% complete as to materials and 41% complete as to conversion costs. compute the equivalent units of production for (a) materials and (b) conversion costs for the month of november.