Anderson Manufacturing Co., a small fabricator of plastics, needs to purchase an extrusion molding machine for $180 comma 000. Kersey will borrow money from a bank at an interest rate of 14% over five years. Anderson expects its product sales to be slow during the first year, but to increase subsequently at an annual rate of 7%. Anderson therefore arranges with the bank to pay off the loan on a "balloon scale," which results in the lowest payment at the end of the first year and each subsequent payment being just 7% over the previous one. Determine the five annual payments.

Wo firms, a and b, each currently dump 50 tons of chemicals into the local river. the government has decided to reduce the pollution and from now on will require a pollution permit for each ton of pollution dumped into the river. it costs firm a $100 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river, and it costs firm b $50 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river. the government gives each firm 20 pollution permits. government officials are not sure whether to allow the firms to buy or sell the pollution permits to each other. what is the total cost of reducing pollution if firms are not allowed to buy and sell pollution permits from each other? what is the total cost of reducing pollution if the firms are allowed to buy and sell permits from each other? a. $3,000; $1,500 b. $4,500; $3,500 c. $4,500; $4,000 d. $4,500; $2,500

Which of the following is considered part of a country’s infrastructure?

Donna and gary are involved in an automobile accident. gary initiates a lawsuit against donna by filing a complaint. if donna files a motion to dismiss, she is asserting that