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In an article about the patents held by the Research Services Office at the University of Waterloo, it was written that none of the patents were there because someone set out to invent something new. "If we knew what it was that creates innovation, we would all be millionaires... it's chance, brilliance, an offhand remark...." We know that to obtain a patent we need to have created an "invention." Which of the following best defines a patentable invention?

Evaluate projects using the profitability index method.

Analyze mutually exclusive projects to determine the most beneficial investment.

Apply the concept of cost of capital in project evaluation and financing decisions.

Understand the principles and calculations involved in capital budgeting including NPV, IRR, PI, and payback period.

Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A quantification of the level of diversity or variability in a collection of values, demonstrating how much the values differ from their average.

Tire Pressures

The measure of air pressure within a tire, typically measured in pounds per square inch (PSI) or bar, important for vehicle safety and efficiency.

Normal Distribution

A probability distribution that is symmetric about its mean, indicating that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence.

Chi-squared Distribution

A statistical distribution characterized by degrees of freedom, used in hypothesis testing for categorical variables and in determining chi-squared test results.