Concept check 1. 54/32 converted to a mixed number is . 22/32 1.6875 1/38 1 22/32 2. The product of one and four thirty-seconds and twenty thirty-seconds is . 1 24/32 45/64 56/32 720 3. One and eight thirty-seconds divided by twelve thirty-seconds is . 480/1024 20/1024 3 1/3 3 40/32 4. A u. S. Treasury bond is trading at 98 and 6/32. Convert this price to its decimal form. 98.19 96.63 9/86 98.06 5. What is the percentage increase if the s&p 500 index is currently trading at 1,100 and rises 55 points? 4.5% 5% 55% 5.5%

Companies in the u.s. car rental market vary greatly in terms of the size of the fleet, the number of locations, and annual revenue. in 2011 hertz had 320,000 cars in service and annual revenue of approximately $4.2 billion. the following data show the number of cars in service (1000s) and the annual revenue ($ millions) for six smaller car rental companies (auto rental news website, august 7, 2012). excel file: data14-09.xls if required, enter negative values as negative numbers. a. select a scatter diagram with the number of cars in service as the independent variable. b. what does the scatter diagram developed in part (a) indicate about the relationship between the two variables? c. use the least squares method to develop the estimated regression equation (to 3 decimals). ŷ = + x d. for every additional car placed in service, estimate how much annual revenue will change. by $ e. fox rent a car has 11,000 cars in service. use the estimated regression equation developed in part (c) to predict annual revenue for fox rent a car. round your answer to nearest whole value. $ million hide feedback partially correct

Why is it vital to maintain a designer worksheet? a. it separates the designs chosen for the season from those rejected by the company. b. it keeps a record of all designs created by the designer for a season. c. it charts out the development of an entire line through the season and beyond. d. it tracks the development of a design along with costing and production details. done

Boone brothers remodels homes and replaces windows. ace builders constructs new homes. if boone brothers considers expanding into new home construction, it should evaluate the expansion project using which one of the following as the required return for the project?