Archive for month: July, 2020

In December 2005 Mid-American Energy brought online one of the largest wind farms in the world. It cost an estimated $386 million and the 257 turbines have a total capacity of 360.5 megawatts (mW). Wind speeds fluctuate and most wind farms are expected to operate at an average of only 35% of their rated capacity. In this case, at an electricity price of $55 per megawatt-hour (mWh), the project will produce revenues in the first year of $60.8 million (i.e., .35 ×8,760 hours×360.5 mW×$55 per mWh). A reasonable estimate of maintenance and other costs is about $18.9 million in the first year of operation. Thereafter, revenues and costs should increase with inflation by around 3% a year. Conventional power stations can be depreciated using 20-year MACRS, and their profits are taxed at 35%. Suppose that the project will last 20 years and the cost of capital is 12%. To encourage renewable energy sources, the government offers several tax breaks for wind farms.

a. How large a tax break (if any) was needed to make Mid-American’s investment a positive- NPV venture?

b. Some wind farm operators assume a capacity factor of 30% rather than 35%. How would this lower capacity factor alter project NPV?

For this assignment you will need to write a 2-3 page paper. Youwill be writing about the Consumer Purchase Decision component of aMarketing Plan. Put yourself in the position of marketing managerfor the restaurant organization. You will need to gather someinformation before writing. You should also look into the secondaryliterature regarding current information in restaurant sales.Identify your customers – include all demographic and lifestyleinformation. Identify location of customers (local, regional,national or international). Identify factors in customer selectionof the products/services and brands, including remittances.Identify/estimate the size of the total market Identify markettrends, including information about market studies and testmarketing. List factors that affect purchasing such as: 1) seasons,2) obsolescence, 3) tax considerations, 4) price, availability,service, 5) emotional considerations, and 6) all other factors.Will promotional activities be concentrated in specific markets?Before you start writing—read all of the material for this week’sassignment. As you read, highlight the areas of the text that alignto this week’s paper.

Ethical and Sustainable Tourism

Critical essay/discussion paper evaluating specific sustainable tourism management tools or policies using two contrasting case study destinations.

Critically evaluate ONE of the following tourism management ‘tools’ and assess the contribution (and limits) that such a ‘tool’ can make to the achievement of more sustainable tourism.
1. Protected areas
2. Education
3. Visitor management
4. Certification
5. Community based tourism

Use TWO contrasting case studies from two different continents to illustrate your arguments.

Reminder: The goal of this project is to get you comfortable with the use of Excel; to that end, any calculations, even minor ones, not done using Excel, could result in point deductions or possibly a grade of ‘0’ for this assignment. (You should have absolutely no need for a calculator on this assignment). Cells are formatted to show 2 decimal places … but you should type formulas (not numbers) Data Set The data in the columns below are counts of the number of words spoken in a day by male (M) and female (F) subjects in independent simple random samples of men and women ranging in age from 18 to 29. Parts 1-3 will relate to one or both of the data in these columns: Part 1: Descriptive Statistics a. In the spaces below, provide the mean, variance, standard deviation and range for the sample of the number of words spoken in a day by males and females: b. Provide the 5-Number Summary for the sample data of the number of words spoken in a day by males and females in the boxes below: Part 2: Hypothesis Test for Means (1-Sample) Test the claim that the mean number of words spoken by women (in between the ages of 18 to 29) is less than 16000 per day. Use a significance level of 0.05:

1.Based on what you now know about statistical inference, is Saras conclusion a logical conclusion? Why or why not?.
2.How many friend samples Sara should have in order to draw the conclusion with 95% confidence interval? Why?.
3.How would you explain your conclusion to Sara without using any statistical jargon? Why?.