For his birthday, moose gives his son, babe, a valuable basketball card. moose paid $100 for the card 12 years earlier. on babe’s birthday, the card is val-ued in a basketball card guidebook at $90. what is babe’s basis in the card? explain. a. assume that babe sells the card 2 months after his birthday for $80. what is babe’s gain or loss on the sale of the card? what is the holding period? b. assume that babe sells the card 2 months after his birthday for $125. what is babe’s gain or loss on the sale of the card? what is the holding period? c. assume that babe sells the card 2 months after his birthday for $95. what is babe’s gain or loss on the sale of the card?

This exercise illustrates that poor quality can affect schedules and costs. a manufacturing process has 130 customer orders to fill. each order requires one component part that is purchased from a supplier. however, typically, 3% of the components are identified as defective, and the components can be assumed to be independent. (a) if the manufacturer stocks 130 components, what is the probability that the 130 orders can be filled without reordering components? (b) if the manufacturer stocks 132 components, what is the probability that the 130 orders can be filled without reordering components? (c) if the manufacturer stocks 135 components, what is the probability that the 130 orders can be filled without reordering components?

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

The demand curve determines equilibrium price in a market. is a graphical representation of the relationship between price and quantity demanded. depicts the relationship between production costs and output. is a graphical representation of the relationship between price and quantity supplied.