Researchers examined forecasters’ interest rate predictions for 34 quarters to see whether the predictions corresponded to what actually happened. The 2 × 2 contingency table below shows the frequencies of actual and predicted interest rate movements.

Which of the following would not generally be a motive for a firm to hold inventories? a. to decouple or separate parts of the production process b. to provide a stock of goods that will provide a selection for customers c. to take advantage of quantity discounts d. to minimize holding costs e. all of the above are functions of inventory.

Ajax corp's sales last year were $435,000, its operating costs were $362,500, and its interest charges were $12,500. what was the firm's times-interest-earned (tie) ratio? a. 4.72b. 4.97c. 5.23d. 5.51e. 5.80

Tony is a wheat farmer, but he also spends part of his day teaching guitar lessons, due to the popularity of his local country western band, farmer tony has more students requesting lessons than he has time for if he is to also maintain his farming business. farmer tony charges $25 an hour for his guitar lessons. one spring day, he spends 10 hours in his fields planting $130 with of seeds on his farm. he expects that the seeds he planted will yield $300 worth of wheat a. 130 b. 260 c. 170 d. $-80