Sampling 4 pieces of precision-cut wire (to be used in computer assembly) every hour for the past 24 hours has produced the following results: Hour x R Hour x R Hour x R Hour x R
1 3.35" 0.71" 7 2.95" 0.58" 13 3.11" 0.80" 19 4.51" 1.66"
2 3.10 1.18 8 2.75 1.13 14 2.93 1.31 20 2.79 1.14
3 3.32 1.38 9 2.92 0.66 15 3.02 1.01 21 2.55 1.08
4 3.39 1.21 10 2.85 1.33 16 2.94 0.50 22 2.94 1.58
5 3.07 1.22 11 2.73 1.17 17 2.96 1.38 23 2.94 1.58
6 2.86 0.32 12 3.07 0.40 18 2.64 1.24 24 2.74 0.92
Based on the sampling done, the control limits for 3-sigma ¯x chart are:
Upper Control Limit (UCL¯x) = inches

Which of the following best explains cost-push inflation? a. increasing wages for workers drive up the cost of production, forcing producers to charge more to meet their costs. b. consumers demand goods faster than they can be supplied, increasing competition among buyers. c. rising prices for goods and services reduce spending power and cut into consumer demand. d. wages drop so that workers have to spend a higher percentage of income on the cost of necessities.2b2t

Captain john's yachts, inc., located in fort lauderdale, florida, rents three types of ocean-going boats: sailboats, cabin cruisers, and captain john's favorite, the luxury yachts. captain john advertises his boats with his famous "you rent"we pilot" slogan, which means that the company supplies the captain and crew for each rented boat. each rented boat has one captain, of course, but the crew sizes (deck hands, galley hands, etc.) differ. the crew requirements, in addition to a captain, are one for sailboats, two for cabin cruisers, and three for yachts. ten employees are captains, and an additional 18 employees fill the various crew positions. currently, captain john has rental requests for all his boats: four sailboats, eight cabin cruisers, and three luxury yachts. if captain john's daily profit contribution is $50 for sailboats, $70 for cruisers, and $100 for luxury yachts, how many boats of each type should he rent?

Answer the following questions using the banker’s algorithm: a. illustrate that the system is in a safe state by demonstrating an order in which the processes may complete. b. if a request from process p1 arrives for (1, 1, 0, 0), can the request be granted immediately? c. if a request from process p