35th birthday. Assuming you are age 21 (thus 14 years from receiving this)‚ what is the present value of this gift if the appropriate discount rate is 8.0%? (Ch5) a. $170‚231 b. $282‚449 c. $442‚619 d. $191‚206 e. $734‚664 2. You need $10‚900 for the down payment on a new car. You presently have $5‚000 in savings for which you expect to earn 6% (annual rate‚ compounded monthly). If you deposit a further $500 each month to this account‚ how long‚ approximately‚ before you will accumulate enough to
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the One Percent‚ Gregory Mankiw begins with difficult to imagine experiment where a perfect economic equality exist and one day the utopia is disturbed by a genius entrepreneur with an idea of a new product. Because of the magnificent idea everyone would like to buy the product in a voluntary exchange‚ which results in an extreme unequal distribution of income. Since there are no policies that follow the Pareto criterion‚ the question is if the government should shift to a progressive tax system
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Castillo Econ 102 Professor Crane April 17‚ 2013 Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns People might think that in order to get something done more efficiently and faster it is best if we have more workers. Here comes a big disclaimer‚ this idea is false. The law of diminishing marginal returns helps explain the concept on how more workers can turn out into a poor outcome. This essay will describe the law of diminishing marginal returns and explaining how it works. I will start of by giving the book
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The campaign manager should then spend the campaign’s budget on the combination of the two inputs will that maximize the number of votes. 5. For each of the following examples‚ draw a representative isoquant. What can you say about the marginal rate of technical substitution in each case? a. A firm can hire only full-time employees to produce its output‚ or it can hire some combination of full-time and part-time employees. For each full-time worker let go‚ the firm must hire an increasing
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many different unit costs for the five Question 1 products. For inventory costing purposes‚ any The idea here is to construct a "Produced systematic cost allocation system will do. The basic As/Sold As Matrix" (400‚000 x 400‚000). Obviously‚ idea of the relative sales value scheme is that all sales the possible combinations are endless‚ so how does one should show gross margin percent equal to the average choose a "best" approach? The "best" solution is to gross margin percent across the full joint
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is the fact that the total costs in these two cases remain the same so revenue is the main point to determine which cases is better in terms of profitability. Overall‚ the total profit in case 2 is greater than that in case 1 so it is good to discover that 10 of peaches are rotten. 4.4bi The short-run production means there are some factors such as the variable cost and fixed cost involved in an industry while the long-run production means there is only variable cost involved in an industry. The
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Purpose The purpose of the experiment is to determine the percent yield of the precipitate; by performing double displacement reaction between solutions of two different compounds. Introduction First of all when making a solution of two different compounds; there will many variables that can be considered during the experiment. However‚ the variables are controlled variables. Controlled Variables ∙amount of water that will be dissolved with the compound (amount of water until the compound is
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I. Introduction The Percent Yield lab is designed to further the students’ understanding of percent yield by having them predict how much material will be produced from a reaction; specifically a double replacement reaction. In order to perform the lab‚ a solid understanding of percent yield is necessary. According to Prentice Hall Chemistry book‚ percent yield is comprised of two main components. The first is the theoretical yield. The theoretical yield is what is calculated and predicted. It is
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factors. Many believe that it is hard work that bring them success‚ others think that luck is more important. I totally agree with the quotation‚ because I believe that success comes from hard work‚ as Newton said “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety nine percent perspiration”. People often believe that luck is something that is beyond our control. How can we know when we get a big contract? How can we predict when our experiment give way for a new discovery? I disagree with this kind
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17 g Determine the percent yield of NaCl in your experiment‚ showing all work neatly in the space below. (5 points) 7.17 g / 8.8197 g = 0.81295 = 81% If you had not heated the product long enough to remove all of the water‚ explain in detail how that would have specifically affected your calculated actual yield and percent yield. (5 points) The product’s mass would be greater making the calculations adjust. If my actual yield is greater‚ then so would my percent yield.
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