Mercedes and BMW have been competing head-to-head for market share in the luxury-car market for more than four decades. Back in 1959, BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke) almost went bankrupt and nearly sold out to Daimler-Benz, the maker of Mercedes-Benz cars. BMW was able to recover to the point that in 1992 it passed Mercedes in worldwide sales. Among the reasons for BMWs success was its ability to sell models that were more luxurious than previous models but still focused on consumer quality and environmental
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Mercedes Goes After Younger Buyers. Mercedes and BMW have been competing head to head for market share in the luxury-car market for more than three decades. back in 1959,BMW almost went bankrupt and nearly sold out to Daimler –Benz, the maker of Mercedes –Benz cars. BMW was able to recover to the point that in 1992 it passed Mercedes in worldwide sales. Among the reasons for BMW;s success was its ability to sell models that were more luxurious than previous model but still focused on consumer
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smaller, and European like cars, the market share of Cadillac has reduced tremendously in comparison to luxury brands such as BMW, Mercedes Benz, Lexus, and Acura. Cadillac was a brand that was more popular 20 years ago when gas-guzzlers and boxier cars were preferred. Now with the introduction of not only less boxy cars, but also extremely fuel-efficient cars such as the BMW x5, Cadillac has discovered that many people prefer to go with more features that are representative of the 21st century consumers
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Homework 1 Key 1. We start with the system x1 x2 + 2x3 = 4 2x1 2x2 + 3x3 + x4 = 9 x2 + 2x3 + 2x4 = 2 3x1 2x2 + 7x3 + 3x4 = 15 or in matrix form 2 664 1 1 2 0 4 2 2 3 1 9 0 1 2 2 2 3 2 7 3 15 3 775 : Then perform the following steps of the Gauss-Jordan elimination. 1 2 r2; 1 2 r3; 1 3 r4 ! 2 664 1 1 2 0 4 1 1 3=2 1=2 9=2 0 1=2 1 1 1 1 2=3 7=3 1 5 3 775 r1+r2 ! 2 664 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 1=2 1=2 1=2 0 1=2 1 1 1 1 2=3 7=3 1 5 3 775 r1+r4 ! 2 664 1 1 2 0 4 0 0
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Problem 1: Answer1 The next BEST move for A would be D. If A is maximizing player then the next level would be minimum and then the next would be maximum and so on. MAX: MAX(E)=Minmax(L,M)=MINMAX(RESULT (7,8))=7 MAX(F)=Minmax(N,O)=MINMAX(RESULT (5,8))=8 MAX(G)=Minmax(P,Q)=MINMAX(RESULT (2,3))=3 MAX(H)=Minmax(R,S)=MINMAX(RESULT (0,-2))=0 MAX(I)=Minmax(T,U)=MINMAX(RESULT (6,2))=6 MAX(J)=Minmax(V,W)=MINMAX(RESULT (5,8))=8 MAX(K)=Minmax(X,Y)=MINMAX(RESULT (9,2))=9 MIN: MIN(B)=MINMAX(E
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Solution Nguyen Van Linh,11A2 Math, Highshool for gifted student, Ha Noi University of Science, Vietnam 4/1/2010 Problem: Given a cyclic pentagon ABCDE.AD ∩ EB = {X}, AD ∩ EC = {L}, AC ∩ EB = {Y }, AC ∩ BD = {Z}, EC ∩ BD = {T }. (EAX) ∩ (ABY ) = {A1 }, (ABY ) ∩ (BCZ) = {B1 }, (BZC) ∩ (DT C) = {C1 }, (DT C) ∩ (ELD) = {D1 }, (ELD) ∩ (EAX) = {E1 }. Prove that A1 B1 C1 D1 E1 is a cyclic pentagon. Solution: First we will express a lemma: Given a pentagon ABCDE.A1 , B1 , C1 , D1 , E1 , A2 , B2
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focus on BMW (German), Norton and Triumph (both British) and Vespa (Italian) as well as the situation in the world championship. May be you have watch Star Wars? I guess you know Obi-Wan Kenobi who is the tutor of Anakin Skywalker. The actor who is playing him is Ewan McGregor. He together with his friend Charlie Boorman made a trip with BMW R1150GS Adventure from London to New York and named it Long Way Round. This is the name also of a TV series and best-selling book. The model BMW that they
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BUS249 Essentials of Finance I Assignment #1 Question #1. You need to borrow money in order to buy a BMW M3 sports car. You have gone to several institutions and have been quoted the following rates: a. An EAR of 10%. b. 9.2% compounded continuously. c. 9.8% compounded every 6 months. d. 10.7% compounded each 2 years. e. 2.35% effective each quarter. Which rate do you choose? Question #2 A bank offers a lending rate of 10% p.a. compounded quarterly. What figure would they quote if they
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A LINGO model of a staffing problem Decision variables Xi = the # of employees who start to work on ith shift. ( i = 1, 2, ... , 6 ) LP Formulation MIN 36 X1 + 36 X2 + 36 X3 SUBJECT TO X1 X1 + X2 X1 + X2 + X3 X1 + X2 + X3 + X4 X2 + X3 + X4 + X5 X3 + X4 + X5 + X4 + X5 + X5 + ©Dennis Bricker Dept of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering The University of Iowa + 30 X4 + 30 X5 + 30 X6 2 3 5 5 3 2 4 6 3 (min # of busers on duty at 5am) (min # of busers on duty at 6am) (min # of busers on duty
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impact in the person I have to grown to be today. This is the incident that changed my life and gave me the greatest wakeup call I have ever known. BMW manufactured a sport crossover called the X5. The X5 has a powerful engine and has remarkable handling. My father had always driven SUVs’ and wanted to try something new so he acquired a 2008 BMW X5. On this spring night I decided to try out the speed of the car. There is a street called West Parkway, which is approximately three quarters of a mile
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