Ariel, a federal government employee, works in acquisition and procurement. federal policies require that in contracting with suppliers, at least three bids must be received, and the lowest bid that meets specifications will be accepted. in this case, ariel is dealing with a(n)

Calvin works at a facility which processes apples. it costs the facility $0.68 to make either a jar of applesauce or a bottle of apple juice. due to the nature of the process and contractual agreements, calvin's facility must make and sell three jars of applesauce for every two bottles of apple juice. a jar of applesauce sells for $2.20, and a bottle of apple juice sells for $3.15. if the facility has annual overhead costs of $368,500, not including production costs, how many bottles of apple juice will the facility have sold when it breaks even every year? round to the nearest whole bottle, if necessary.

You manage an equity fund with an expected risk premium of 10% and a standard deviation of 14%. the rate on treasury bills is 6%. your client chooses to invest $60,000 of her portfolio in your equity fund and $40,000 in a t-bill money market fund. what is the expected return and standard deviation of return on your client’s portfolio?

You decide to invest in a portfolio consisting of 25 percent stock a, 25 percent stock b, and the remainder in stock c. based on the following information, what is the expected return of your portfolio? state of economy probability of state return if state occurs of economy stock a stock b stock c recession .16 - 16.4 % - 2.7 % - 21.6 % normal .55 12.6 % 7.3 % 15.9 % boom .29 26.2 % 14.6 % 30.5 %