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Find the periodic payment needed to attain the future value of the annuity.Future ValueRateCompoundedTime$7,4003.6 %Quarterly2 years

Chinese wages are rising, possibly leading to increased prices of the country’s exported goods. For decades, plentiful Chinese labor kept down the cost of a range of goods bought by Americans. Even as some accused China of hollowing out the American manufacturing sector, cheap DVD players, sweaters, and barbecue sets were a silver lining for […]

Suppose that Celeste invests $10,000 in a savings account that earns compound interest (monthly) at an annual percentage rate of 4.3%, and Jeffrey invests $10,000 in a savings account that earns compound interest (quarterly) at an annual percentage rate of 4.3%. Who earns more after 2 years, and how much more does he/she earn?

Nagle Corporation has a 12/31/12 tax year end. The corporation makes the following payments: Legal fees of $850,000 related to a discrimination suit settled on 1/15/13; Charitable contributions to the Red cross of $125,000 paid on 3/20/13; Salary payments for the monthly period ended 2/28/13 of $575,000; Bonuses paid on 1/31/13 to the CEO, CIO […]

Reflect: As you learn about American Imperialism, think about the factors that contributed to it. Consider the importance of the expansion of the Navy, the technological advancements and the need for markets brought on by the Industrial Revolution. Also think about the idea of Manifest Destiny. It is often connected to the settlement and development […]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/protocol/text.htm Select 2 Articles from either the Women’s Rights and find 5 countries for each Articles that have expressed reservations concerning the premise of the Article. The purpose of this exercise is for the student to develop an understanding of why a particular […]

1. Does the Declaration of Independence rely primarily on inductive or deductive reasoning? Identify examples of each.2. What techniques does Jefferson use to create smooth and logical transitions from one paragraph to another?3. Why does Jefferson list all of his twenty-eight grievances? Why doesn’t he just summarize them or mention a few representative grievances?4. Jefferson […]

A typical red blood cell subtends an angle of only 2.0×10−5 rad when viewed at a person’s near-point distance of 25 cm. Suppose a red blood cell is examined with a compound microscope in which the objective and eyepiece are separated by a distance of 13.0 cm .Given that the focal length of the eyepiece […]

Why did Augustine have such difficulty with “spiritual substance”? What prevented Augustine from picturing God in a Christian way? Did Augustine’s extensive philosophical education help or hinder him with trying to understand the nature of God? Do you think that his ideas about God are well-founded, or do you disagree with them? Do you accept […]

During an isobaric expansion a steady pressure of 200 kPa causes the volume of a gas to change from I L to 3 L. What work is done by the gas?