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Explain the weapon focus effect. Include in your discussion details about the stress/arousal hypothesis and the unusualness hypothesis (both of which have been used to explain the effect).

Extra Credit A nurse is teaching a patient about hypertension. In which order from first to last will the nurse implement the steps of the teaching process?1. Set mutual goals for knowledge of hypertension.2. Teach what the patient wants to know about hypertension.3. Assess what the patient already knows about hypertension.4. Evaluate the outcomes of patient education for hypertension.

Which of the following forms of financing tends to be the least flexible for the firm?

Given the following information, calculate the cash available for debt repayment when building a post-LBO model.   Details Cash flow from investing activities: $30.0 Cash flow from operating activities: $120.0 Depreciation & Amortization: $35 EBIT: $65

Which of the following forms of financing tends to be the least flexible for the firm?

Potential cause(s) of Parkinson’s

Potential cause(s) of Parkinson’s

Given the following information, calculate the cash available for optional debt repayment.   Details Cash flow from investing activities: $50.0 Cash flow from operating activities: $125.0 Total mandatory debt repayment: $30.0 Cash from balance sheet: $20.0

Using the PGM to determine terminal value at a perpetual growth rate of 3 percent, calculate the value of this target using end-of-period discounting.   Target capital structure is 60% debt. Levered Beta is estimated to be 1.1. Market risk premium estimated to be 6%. Book value of equity is 50% of total assets on the balance sheet. Marginal tax rate is 40%. Current yield on the firm’s outstanding bonds is 7%. 10 Year U.S. Treasury is yielding 2.4%.     Year +1 Year +2 Year +3 Year +4 Year +5 Forecasted Free Cash Flow $104 $117 $133 $150 $167   Enter (and clearly label) the following in the input box provided Cost of Equity =  WACC =  Terminal Value at Year +5 =  Enterprise Value = 

Which structure generally gives greater certainty to the target’s shareholders in terms of value received?