THIS PAPER SHOULD CONSIST OF MOSTLY YOUR OWN WORDS AND THOUGHTS…LITTLE CITATIONS.

Final Project

You will be required to do a term paper on one of the topics listed below.

1. Discuss how the unique physical and chemical properties of water contribute to the importance of water for life on Earth to survive.
2. Discuss how the methods of experimentation and observation have changed throughout the history of science.
3. Explain the role so called “accidental” discoveries played in the history of science.
4. Describe the major experiments and scientists involved in the discovery of DNA as our hereditary material and its structure.
5. Explain what role women played in the Scientific Revolution of the 18th Century? What role do women in science play today?

This assignment will be worth 10% of your grade. Your paper should be creative, interesting and 2-4 pages (500-1,000 words) in length. It should be well-organized and demonstrate an orderly flow of information that clearly addresses the subject chosen.

answer questions. The essay answer should be between 100 to 400 words per question.

1.Why should the cost of capital used in capital budgeting be calculated as a weighted average of the various types of funds the firm generally uses, not the cost of the specific financing used to fund a particular project?

2. Should capital budgeting decisions be made solely on the basis of project’s NPV?

3. Federal corporate tax rates in the U.S. range between 34% to 40%. Congress is considering changing the corporate tax rate structure. Discuss how a change to the corporate tax rate (higher or lower) will impact the weighted average cost of capital and capital budgeting decisions – NPV, IRR, PI, and Payback Period (Be specific)?

4. For capital budgeting decisions, discuss the impact of using a discount rate which is incorrect, either too high or too low on manager’s decisions for NPV, IRR, PI, and Payback Period (Be specific)?

write the question first and the answer down free plagiarism

Financial:Credit card number validation.

Credit card numbers follows certain patterns. A credit card number must have between 13 and 16 digits. It must start with:

4 for Visa cards

5 for Master cards

37 for American Express cards

6 for Discover cards

In 1954, Habs Luhn of IBM proposed an algorithm for validating credit card numbers. The algorithm is useful to determine whether a card number is entered correctly or whether a credit card is scanned correctly by a scanner. Credit card numbers are generated following this validity check, commonly known as the Luhn check or Mod 10 check, which is described as follows ( for illustration, consider the card number 4388576018402626):

1.Double every second digit from right to left. If double of a digit results in a two-digit number, add up the two digits to get a single digit number.

2.Now add all single-digit number from the step above (Step 1 ).

4 + 4 + 8 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 7 + 8 = 37

3.Add all digits in the odd places from right to left in the card number.

a.6 + 6 + 0 + 8 + 0 + 7 + 8 + 3 = 38

4.Sum the results from the above two step ( Step 2 and Step 3).

37 + 38 = 75

5.If the result from the above step ( step 4 ) is divisible by 10, the card is valid; otherwise, the card is invalid. For example, the card number 4388576018402626 is invalid,but the card number 4388576018410707 is valid.

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Design and Implement the above algorithm in Java Recursively. Your algorithm should prompt the user to enter a credit card number as a long integer. Display whether the number is a valid or invalid credit card number. Design your program to use the following methods: These methods should be done recursively…

//Return if the card number is valid

Public static Boolean isValid(long number)

//Get the result from step 2

Public static int sumOfDoubleEvenPlace( long number )

//Return this number it is a single digit, otherwise, return the sum of the two //digits

Public static intgetDigit( int number )

//Return sum of sumOfOddPlace( long number )

Public static int sumOfOddPlace( long number )

//Return the number of digits in digit

Public static int getSize( long number )

//Return the first k number of digits from the number. If the number of digits in number is less than k, return number

Public static long getPrefix( long number, int k )

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Here are some runs of the program

Enter a credit card number as a long integer

4388576018410707

4388576018410707 is a valid credit card number.

Enter a credit card number as a long integer

4388576018402626

4388576018402626is a valid credit card number.

Assignment 1 Steps

Resources: Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making

Note: The financial statements of Apple, Inc. are presented in Appendix A of Financial Accounting. Instructions for accessing and using the company’s complete annual report, including the notes to the financial statements, are also provided in Appendix A.

Also, obtain the most recent 10-K report from Apple’s website.

Complete a 850-word summary of findings and recommendations from the following questions:

What are Apple’s current operations, challenges they are facing and opportunities they plan to pursue including any plans for expansion and/or relocations of operations? How did these relate to the following information?

What were the total cost and book value of property, plant, and equipment at September 2016, 2015, and 2014? (Provide the Gross P, P and E, Accumulated depreciation and amortization, and Net P, P and E or book value for each year.)

Using the notes to find financial statements, what method or methods of depreciation are used by Apple for financial reporting purposes for 2016?

What was the amount of depreciation and amortization expense for each of the three years 2014-2016? (Hint: Use the statement of cash flows).

Using the statement of cash flows, what are the amounts of property, plant, and equipment purchased in 2016 and 2015?

Using the notes to the financial statements, explain in the summary how Apple accounted for its intangible assets in 2016.

Use the Week 2 Excel^® spreadsheet to show your work if any calculations are needed and submit with your summary.

P8-3A Presented below is an aging schedule for Bryan Company.

At December 31, 2016, the unadjusted balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is a credit of $8,000.

Instructions

(a) Journalize and post the adjusting entry for bad debts at December 31, 2016. (Use T‐accounts.)

(b) Journalize and post to the allowance account these 2017 events and transactions:

1. March 1, a $600 customer balance originating in 2016 is judged uncollectible.
2. May 1, a check for $600 is received from the customer whose account was written off as uncollectible on March 1.

(c) Journalize the adjusting entry for bad debts at December 31, 2017, assuming that the unadjusted balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is a debit of $1,400 and the aging schedule indicates that total estimated bad debts will be $36,700.

Compute bad debt amounts.

(LO 2), AP

E9-5 Gotham Company purchased a new machine on October 1, 2017, at a cost of $90,000. The company estimated that the machine has a salvage value of $8,000. The machine is expected to be used for 70,000 working hours during its 8‐year life.

Instructions

Compute the depreciation expense under the straight‐line method for 2017 and 2018, assuming a December 31 year‐end.

Compute revised annual depreciation.

*E9-20 Basic information relating to a new machine purchased by Gotham Company

is presented in E9-5.

Instructions

Using the facts presented in E9-5, compute depreciation using the following methods

in the year indicated.

(a) Declining‐balance using double the straight‐line rate for 2017 and 2018.

(b) Units‐of‐activity for 2017, assuming machine usage was 480 hours. (Round

depreciation per unit to the nearest cent.)