Consider two different machines A and B that could be used at a station. Machine A has a mean effective process time te of 1.0 hours and an SCV c; of 0.25. Machine B has a mean effective process time of 0.85 hour and an SCV of four. Required:
a. For an arrival rate of 0.92 job per hour with ce^2 = 1, which machine will have a shorter average cycle time?
b. Now put two machines of type A at the station and double the arrival rate (i. e., double the capacity and the throughput). What happens to cycle time? Do the same for machine B. Which type of machine produces shorter average cycle time?
c. With only one machine at each station, let the arrival rate be 0.95 job per hour with ce^2= 1. Recompute the average time spent at the stations for both machine A and machine B. Compare with a.

d. Consider the station with one machine of type A.
i. Let the arrival rate be one-half. What is the average time spent at the station? What happens to the average time spent at the station if the arrival rate is increased by one percent (i. e., to 0.505)? What percentage increase in wait time does this represent?
ii. Let the arrival rate be 0.95. What is the average time spent at the station? What happens to the average time spent at the station if the arrival rate is increased by one percent (i. e., to 0.9595)? What percentage increase in wait time does this represent?

In which of the following situations would the price of a good be most likely to increase? a. a breakthrough in productive technology enables a company to increase its output. b. an increase in production costs results from a rise in wages. c. there's a sudden increase in the number of companies competing to sell the good. d. a drop in demand happens too quickly for producers to decrease production to keep up.

Bridgeport company began operations at the beginning of 2018. the following information pertains to this company. 1. pretax financial income for 2018 is $115,000. 2. the tax rate enacted for 2018 and future years is 40%. 3. differences between the 2018 income statement and tax return are listed below: (a) warranty expense accrued for financial reporting purposes amounts to $7,500. warranty deductions per the tax return amount to $2,200. (b) gross profit on construction contracts using the percentage-of-completion method per books amounts to $94,700. gross profit on construction contracts for tax purposes amounts to $67,100. (c) depreciation of property, plant, and equipment for financial reporting purposes amounts to $61,800. depreciation of these assets amounts to $75,700 for the tax return. (d) a $3,600 fine paid for violation of pollution laws was deducted in computing pretax financial income. (e) interest revenue recognized on an investment in tax-exempt municipal bonds amounts to $1,500. 4. taxable income is expected for the next few years. (assume (a) is short-term in nature; assume (b) and (c) are long-term in nature.) (a) prepare the reconciliation schedule for 2017 and future years. (b) prepare the journal entry to record income tax expense for 2017. (c) prepare the income tax expense section of the income statement beginning with “income before income taxes.” (d) determine how the deferred taxes will appear on the balance sheet at the end of 2017.

Determine if the following statements are true or false. an increase in government spending can crowd out private investment. an improvement in the budget balance increases the demand for financial capital. an increase in private consumption may crowd out private investment. lower interest rates can lead to private investment being crowded out. a trade balance in sur+ increases the supply of financial capital. if private savings is equal to private investment, then there is neither a budget sur+ nor a budget deficit.