Last year, the parker family used to eat at nice restaurants almost four times a week. even though mr. parker received a 2 percent pay raise, the cost of living rose by 4 percent and property taxes went up 5% in their community. as a result, the family now eats most of their meals at home, dining out only a few times a month. this reflects a. a decrease in the number of fine restaurants that can stay in business during times of economic downturn. b. a reaction to a loss of discretionary income. c. a significant drop in inflation rate. d. a rise in economic growth. e. a shift from spending to investing.

Afinancial institution, the thriftem bank, is in the process of formulating its loan policy for the next quarter. a total of $12 million is allocated for that purpose. being a full-service facility, the bank is obligated to grant loans to different clientele. the following table provides the types of loans, the interest rate charged by the bank, and the possibility of bad debt as estimated from past experience.type of loaninterest rateprobability of bad debtpersonal.140.10car.130.07home.120.03farm.125.05commercial.100.02 bad debts are assumed unrecoverable and hence produce no interest revenue either. competition with other financial institutions in the area requires that the bank allocate at least 40% of the total funds to farm and commercial loans. to assist the housing industry in the region, home loans must equal at least 50% of the personal, car, and home loans. the bank also has a stated policy specifying that the overall ratio for bad debts on all loans may not exceed .04. formulate this problem as a linear program. define your variables clearly and write all the constraints explaining the significance of each.

Suppose a holiday inn hotel has annual fixed costs applicable to its rooms of $1.2 million for its 300-room hotel, average daily room rents of $50, and average variable costs of $10 for each room rented. it operates 365 days per year. the amount of operating income on rooms, assuming an occupancy* rate of 80% for the year, that will be generated for the entire year is *occupancy = % of rooms rented

Mr. pines is considering buying a house and renting it to students. the yearly operating costs are $1,900. the house can be sold for $175,000 at the end of 10 years and it is considered 18% to be a suitable annual effective interest rate. if the house costs $100,000 to purchase, how much would you need to charge your tenants each year in rent? (assume a single payment for the years rent at the end of each year)