Why should you speak more slowly than usual when giving a speech? A. Because some of the audience might not be very intelligent
B. Because some of the audience may be hard-of-hearing
C. To allow the audience to really consider your words
D. So that you don't stumble over your words
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You have $22,000 to invest in a stock portfolio. your choices are stock x with an expected return of 11 percent and stock y with an expected return of 13 percent. if your goal is to create a portfolio with an expected return of 11.74 percent, how much money will you invest in stock x? in stock y?

The purpose of the transportation approach for location analysis is to minimize which of the following? a. total costsb. total fixed costsc. the number of shipmentsd. total shipping costse. total variable costs

You are the manager of a large crude-oil refinery. as part of the refining process, a certain heat exchanger (operated at high temperatures and with abrasive material flowing through it) must be replaced every year. the replacement and downtime cost in the first year is $165 comma 000. this cost is expected to increase due to inflation at a rate of 7% per year for six years (i.e. until the eoy 7), at which time this particular heat exchanger will no longer be needed. if the company's cost of capital is 15% per year, how much could you afford to spend for a higher quality heat exchanger so that these annual replacement and downtime costs could be eliminated?