Amunicipality has two incinerators for burning trash. incinerator a costs $3 .80 per ton of trash to operate, and has a capacity of 28 tons per day. incinerator b costs $4 .25 per ton to operate, and has a capacity of 30 tons per day. the municipality produces over 100 tons of trash per day, and all trash not burned in the incinerators must be buried in a land fill at a cost of $5 .00 per ton. the city manager wants to minimize costs by burning as much trash as possible. however, the city must conform to environmental regulations limiting production of pollutants from burning in the incinerators to 180 pounds of hydrocarbons and 640 pounds of particulates a day. incinerator a produces 3 pounds of hydrocarbons and 20 pounds of particulates for every ton of trash burned, and incinerator b produces 5 pounds of hydrocarbons and 10 pounds of particulates for every ton of trash. determine the optimum amount of trash to burn in each incinerator.

Peninsula products has just applied for a loan at your bank. when reviewing peninsula's books for the year that just ended, you notice that the firm uses the fair value option for its bonds payable. you also see that the firm recorded a $55,000 debit in its bonds payable account and a $55,000 credit in its unrealized holding gain or loss"income account. over that same period, interest rates decreased by about 0.5 percent. how should this information affect the bank's decision as to whether to grant peninsula a loan? a : the bank should strongly consider giving a loan to peninsula because the changes in firm's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts suggest that peninsula has seen an increase in its credit rating over the past year. b : the bank should put little emphasis on the changes in peninsula's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts because these changes are likely the result of the rise in interest rates. c : the bank should hesitate before giving a loan to peninsula because the changes in firm's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts suggest that peninsula has seen a decline in its credit rating over the past year. d : the bank should put little emphasis on the changes in peninsula's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts because these changes are likely unrelated to either interest rates or the firm's credit rating.

Tom has brought $150,000 from his pension to a new job where his employer will match 401(k) contributions dollar for dollar. each year he contributes $3,000. after seven years, how much money would tom have in his 401(k)?

Match the terms with the appropriate definition. 1. work done for pay job 2. series of related jobs based on knowledge, training, tasks performed, interests, and experience career 3. buying or selling products and services using the internet mediation 4. wage amount after deductions are withheld net wage 5. a way a person chooses to live his or her life e-commerce 6. the people who are both able and willing to work technology 7. unequal treatment of others based on a bias concerning a person’s characteristics such as race, religion, gender, or age discrimination 8. the act of sharing information lifestyle 9. the use of a third party to make suggestions workforce 10. knowledge and tools used to perform tasks communication