Bill Fredlund, president of Lincoln Log Construction, is considering placing a bid on a building project. Bill has determined that five tasks would need to be performed to carry out the proj- ect. Using the PERT three-estimate approach, Bill has obtained the estimates in the next table for how long these tasks will take. Also shown are the precedence relationships for these tasks. There is a penalty of $500,000 if the project is not completed in 11 weeks. Therefore, Bill is very interested in how likely it is that his company could finish the project in time.(a) Construct the project network for this project. T(b) Find the estimate of the mean and variance of the durationof each activity.(c) Find the mean critical path. T(d) Find the approximate probability of completing the projectwithin 11 weeks.

Which economic system could be characterized by the "iron fist", meaning a central authority figure has control over most of the economy? market economy command economy traditional economy free enterprise economy

On september 12, ryan company sold merchandise in the amount of $5,800 to johnson company, with credit terms of 2/10, n/30. the cost of the items sold is $4,000. ryan uses the periodic inventory system and the net method of accounting for sales. on september 14, johnson returns some of the non-defective merchandise, which is restored to inventory. the selling price of the returned merchandise is $500 and the cost of the merchandise returned is $350. the entry or entries that ryan must make on september 14 is (are): multiple choice sales returns and allowances 490 accounts receivable 490 merchandise inventory 350 cost of goods sold 350 sales returns and allowances 490 accounts receivable 490 sales returns and allowances 500 accounts receivable 500 sales returns and allowances 490 accounts receivable 490 merchandise inventory 343 cost of goods sold 343 sales returns and allowances 350 accounts receivable 350

Neveready flashlights inc. needs $317,000 to take a cash discount of 3/15, net 70. a banker will loan the money for 55 days at an interest cost of $13,200. a. what is the effective rate on the bank loan? (use a 360-day year. do not round intermediate calculations. input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) b. how much would it cost (in percentage terms) if the firm did not take the cash discount but paid the bill in 70 days instead of 15 days? (use a 360-day year. do not round intermediate calculations. input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) c. should the firm borrow the money to take the discount? no yes d. if the banker requires a 20 percent compensating balance, how much must the firm borrow to end up with the $317,000? e-1. what would be the effective interest rate in part d if the interest charge for 55 days were $7,200?