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What is a plasticizer?

1.    : Do you believe that it is ethical for organizational managers to try to get access to and scrutinize the Facebook pages of employees or job applicants? Discuss.

Compare disposable and regrindable tooling. The same grade of cemented carbide tooling is available in two forms for turning operations in a certain machine shop: disposable inserts and brazed inserts. The parameters in the Taylor equation for this grade are: n = 0.25 and C = 300 (m/min) under the cutting conditions considered here. For the disposable inserts, price of each insert = $6.00, there are four cutting edges per insert, and the tool change time = 1.0 min (this is an average of the time to index the insert and the time to replace it when all edges have been used). For the brazed insert, the price of the tool = $30.00 and it is estimated that it can be used a total of 15 times before it must be scrapped. The tool change time for the regrindable tooling = 3.0 min. The standard time to grind or regrind the cutting edge is 5.0 min, and the grinder is paid at a rate = $20.00/hr. Machine time on the lathe costs $24.00/hr. The workpart to be used in the comparison is 375 mm long and 62.5 mm in diameter, and it takes 2.0 min to load and unload the work. The feed = 0.30 mm/rev. For the two tooling cases, compare (a) cutting speeds for minimum cost, (b) tool lives, (c) cycle time and cost per unit of production. Which tool would you recommend?

Lanny and Shirley are recently divorced and do not live together.  Shirley has custody of their child, Art, and Lanny pays Shirley $22,000 per year.  All property was divided equally. a.       How much should Shirley include in income if Lanny’s payments are made in cash but will cease if Shirley dies or remarries? b.       How much should Shirley include in income if $12,000 of Lanny’s payments is designated as “nonalimony” in the divorce decree? c.       How much should Shirley include in income if Lanny’s payments drop to $15,000 once Art reaches the age of 18?

The two axes of an x-y positioning table are each driven by a stepping motor connected to a leadscrew with a 10:1 gear reduction. The step angle on each stepping motor is 7.5°. Each leadscrew has a pitch = 5.0 mm and provides an axis range = 300.0 mm. There are 16 bits in each binary register used by the controller to store position data for the two axes. (a) What is the control resolution of each axis? (b) What are the required rotational speeds and corresponding pulse train frequencies of each stepping motor in order to drive the table at 600 mm/min in a straight line from point (25, 25) to point (100, 150)? Ignore acceleration.

What are the taxpayer’s standards to avoid the substantial understatement of tax penalty?

A 1/2-13 screw is to be preloaded to a tension force = 1000 lb. Torque coefficient = 0.22. Determine the torque that should be used to tighten the bolt.

What are the tax practitioner’s standards to avoid a penalty for recommending a tax return position?

1.      Require that Rukman participants reveal their ties to the corporate marketing program right up front before they make a recommendation.

Which item has the same value for both the static budget and the flexible budget?

Amelie, a retired physician, is 66 years old. Determine her standard deduction in 2024 under the following scenarios. a. Amelie is married to Roget, age 52, and they file married filing jointly. b. Amelie is not married. c. Amelie is not married and her 10-year-old granddaughter, Emma, lives with her. Amelie supports Emma and claims her as a dependent.

Describe the economic trade-off faced by the Fed in achieving its economic goals. (LO4)

Sport Pro Magazine sold 12,000 annual subscriptions on August 1, 2014, for $18 each. Prepare Sport Pro’s August 1, 2014, journal entry and the December 31, 2014, annual adjusting entry, assuming the magazines are published and delivered monthly.

A 1-8 UNC low carbon steel bolt (diameter = 1.0 in, 8 threads/in) is currently planned for a certain application. It is to be preloaded to 75% of its proof strength, which is 33,000 lb/in2 (Table 32.2). However, this bolt is too large for the size of the components involved, and a higher strength but smaller bolt would be preferable. Determine (a) the smallest nominal size of an alloy steel bolt (proof strength = 120,000 lb/in2) that could be used to achieve the same preload from the following standard UNC sizes used by the company: 1/4-20, 5/16-18, 3/8-16, 1/2-13, 5/8-11, or 3/4-10; and (b) compare the torque required to obtain the preload for the original 1-in bolt and the alloy steel bolt selected in part (a) if the torque coefficient in both cases = 0.20.

What are the principal material handling functions in manufacturing?

How will competition between growth-maximising firms benefit the consumer?

Shaun is a huge college football fan.  In the past, he has always bought football tickets on the street from ticket scalpers.  This year, he decided to join the university’s ticket program, which requires a $2,000 contribution to the university for the “right” to purchase tickets.  Shaun will then pay $400 per season ticket.  Shaun understands that the price paid for the season tickets is not tax deductible as a charitable contribution.  However, contributions to a university are typically tax deductible.  a.  Use an available tax service to determine how much, if any, of Shaun’s $2,000 contribution for the right to purchase tickets is tax deductible. b. Write a letter to Shaun communicating the results of your researc

Explain why financial markets may be less liquid if companies are not forced to provide accurate financial reports. (LO3)

This year, Amber purchased a business that processes and packages landscape mulch. Approximately 20 percent of management time, space, and expenses are spent on this manufacturing process.  CostsInventory Material:Mulch and packaging$  500,000? Administrative supplies25,000? Salaries:Factory labor1,200,000? Sales & advertising350,000? Administration520,000? Property taxes:Factory460,000? Offices270,000? Depreciation:Factory800,000? Offices150,000? a) At the end of the year, Amber’s accountant indicated that the business had processed 10 million bags of mulch, but only 1 million bags remained in the ending inventory. What is Amber’s tax basis in her ending inventory if the UNICAP rules are used to allocate indirect costs to inventory? (Assume direct costs are allocated to inventory according to the level of ending inventory. In contrast, indirect costs are first allocated by time spent and then according to level of ending inventory.) b) Under what conditions could Amber’s business avoid having to apply UNICAP rules to allocate indirect costs to inventory for tax purposes?

A steel sheet metal part has total surface area = 36 in2. How long will it take to deposit a copper plating (assume valence = +1) of thickness = 0.001 in onto the surface if 15 amps of current are applied?

Minuteman wants to enter into a like-kind exchange by exchanging its old New England manufacturing facility for a ranch in Wyoming. Minuteman is using a third-party intermediary to facilitate the exchange. The purchaser of the manufacturing facility wants to complete the transaction immediately, but, for various reasons, the ranch transaction will not be completed for three to four months. Will this delay cause a problem for Minuteman’s desire to accomplish this through a like-kind exchange?  Explain.

Daniel is considering selling two stocks that have not fared well over recent years. A friend recently informed Daniel that one of his stocks has a special designation, which allows him to treat a loss up to $50,000 on this stock as an ordinary loss rather than the typical capital loss. Daniel figures that he has a loss of $60,000 on each stock. If Daniel’s marginal tax rate is 35 percent and he has $120,000 of other capital gains (taxed at 15 percent), what is the tax savings from the special tax treatment

What are the two basic categories of approaches used in nanofabrication?

A steel tensile specimen with starting gage length = 2.0 in and cross-sectional area = 0.5 in2 reaches a maximum load of 37,000 lb. Its elongation at this point is 24%. Determine the true stress and true strain at this maximum load.

Relative to arm’s-length transactions, why do related-party transactions receive more IRS scrutiny?