The dean of the business school at a small florida college wishes to determine whether the grade-point average (gpa) of a graduating student can be used to predict the graduate's starting salary. more specifically, the dean wants to know whether higher gpas lead to higher starting salaries. records for 23 of last year's business school graduates are selected at random, and data on gpa (x) and starting salary (y, in $thousands) for each graduate were used to fit the model a. 0.048 b. 0.219 c. 0.689 d. 1.075

Renaldo scanlon is a financial consultant. he earns $30 per hour and works 32.5 hours a week. what is his straight-time pay?

What do you think: would it be more profitable to own 200 shares of penny’s pickles or 1 share of exxon? why do you think that?

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.