You have been offered the following opportunity: receive a tax ‘forbearance' credit of $10,000 today. (For example, instead of paying your $50,000 tax bill, you can pay $40,000) In return, you must make higher tax payments of $1,000 per year for the next 15 years. The first of the annual payments will come in one year's time. If you think of this like a loan (you have more $ now than you would otherwise, but have to make future payments instead), what is the annual rate of return you are paying?

How is the architecture career pathway different from the construction pathway? a. architecture involves coordinating with contractors to make sure everyone stays on schedule. b. architecture involves using tools and equipment to build something new. c. architecture involves the design process, considering the function and safety of the project. d. architecture involves evaluating the work of contractors and employees.

The plastic flowerpots company has two manufacturing departments, molding and packaging. at the beginning of the month, the molding department has 2,100 units in inventory, 70% complete as to materials. during the month, the molding department started 18,500 units. at the end of the month, the molding department had 3,150 units in ending inventory, 80% complete as to materials. units completed in the molding department are transferred into the packaging department. cost information for the molding department for the month follows: beginning work in process inventory (direct materials) $ 1,300 direct materials added during the month 28,900 using the weighted-average method, compute the molding department's (a) equivalent units of production for materials and (b) cost per equivalent unit of production for materials for the month. (round "cost per equivalent unit of production" to 2 decimal places.)

Aprice ceiling is “binding” if the price ceiling is set below the equilibrium price. suppose that the equilibrium price is $5. if a price ceiling is set at $6, this will not affect the market in any way since $5 remains a legally allowable price (since $5 < $6). a price ceiling of $6 is called a “non-binding” price ceiling. on the other hand, if the price ceiling is set at $4, the price ceiling is “binding” because the natural equilibrium price is $5 but that is no longer allowed. what happens when there is a binding price ceiling? at a price below the equilibrium price, quantity demanded exceeds quantity supplied. there is a shortage. normally, price increases eliminate shortages by increasing quantity supplied and decreasing quantity demanded. in this case, however, price increases are not allowed past the price ceiling. we therefore predict that the observed market price will be right at the price ceiling and there will be a permanent shortage. the observed quantity bought and sold will be dictated by the quantity supplied at the price ceiling. although consumers would like to buy more, there are no more units for sale