Abond trader observes the following information: the treasury yield curve is downward sloping. empirical data indicate that a positive maturity risk premium applies to both treasury and corporate bonds. empirical data also indicate that there is no liquidity premium for treasury securities but that a positive liquidity premium is built into corporate bond yields. on the basis of this information, which of the following statements is most correct? a. a 10-year corporate bond must have a higher yield than a 5-year treasury bond.
b. a 10-year treasury bond must have a higher yield than a 10-year corporate bond.
c. a 5-year corporate bond must have a higher yield than a 10-year treasury bond.
d. the corporate yield curve must be flat.
e. since the treasury yield curve is downward sloping, the corporate yield curve must also be downward sloping.

Imagine us is a startup that offers high definition 3d prenatal ultrasounds for high-end customers. the service process includes four activities that are conducted in the sequence described below. (the time required for each activity is shown in parentheses): activity 1: welcome a patient and explain the procedure. (20 minutes)activity 2: prep the patient (e.g., show them to the room, apply ultrasound gel). (17 minutes) (*your id number represents the amount of time needed to complete this task)activity 3: take images. (5 minutes)activity 4: discuss diagnostic with patient. (20 minutes)at each location there are employees (servers) s1, s2, and s3. the assignment of tasks to servers is the following: s1 does activities 1 and 2.s2 does activity 3.s3 does activity 4.a. what is the capacity of this process (in customers per hour)? b. suppose 3 patients arrive every hour on average. ignoring any “start of day” or “end of day” effects, what are the utilizations of all three servers (%)? c. suppose each activity can be done by any server and any server can do any set of activities. however, each activity is done by only one server. for example, a possible assignment includes: s1 does activity 1, s2 does activity 2, and s3 does activities 3 and 4. of course, the original assignment of servers to activities is also feasible. what is the maximum capacity of the process (in customers per hour)? d. now consider the capacity measures in (c) and (a), what is the percentage change? why can you improve capacity without using additional resources? (there is no free lunch, right? )note: for all hw assignments, show your process of getting the results. only providing the final answers is not acceptable and will get 0%. if necessary, use a separate sheet of paper to show your work.