Mr. and mrs. smith, an elderly couple, had no relatives. when mrs. smith became ill, the smiths asked a friend, henrietta, to with various housekeeping chores, including cleaning and cooking. although the smiths never promised to pay her, henrietta performed the chores for eighteen months. henrietta now claims that she is entitled to the reasonable value of the services performed. is she correct? explain.

Carey company is borrowing $225,000 for one year at 9.5 percent from second intrastate bank. the bank requires a 15 percent compensating balance. the principal refers to funds the firm can effectively utilize (amount borrowed − compensating balance). a. what is the effective rate of interest? (use a 360-day year. input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) b. what would the effective rate be if carey were required to make 12 equal monthly payments to retire the loan?

Considered to be a "super tool" or tool that has high use and high potential for improving project success?

An emerging methodology to integrate the effort of the development team and the operations team to improve the functionality and security of applications is known as