Before being simplified, the instructions for computing income tax in country r were to add 2 percent of one's annual income to the average (arithmetic mean) of 100 units of country r's currency and 1 percent of one's annual income. which of the following represents the simplified formula for computing the income tax in country r's currency, for a person in that country whose annual income is i?
a. 50 + i/200
b. 50 + 3i/100
c. 50 + i/40
d. 100 + i/50
e. 100 + 3i/100

The following data pertains to activity and costs for two months: june july activity level in 10,000 12,000 direct materials $16,000 $ ? fixed factory rent 12,000 ? manufacturing overhead 10,000 ? total cost $38,000 $42,900 assuming that these activity levels are within the relevant range, the manufacturing overhead for july was: a) $10,000 b) $11,700 c) $19,000 d) $9,300

The total value of your portfolio is $10,000: $3,000 of it is invested in stock a and the remainder invested in stock b. stock a has a beta of 0.8; stock b has a beta of 1.2. the risk premium on the market portfolio is 8%; the risk-free rate is 2%. additional information on stocks a and b is provided below. return in each state state probability of state stock a stock b excellent 15% 15% 5% normal 50% 9% 7% poor 35% -15% 10% what are each stock’s expected return and the standard deviation? what are the expected return and the standard deviation of your portfolio? what is the beta of your portfolio? using capm, what is the expected return on the portfolio? given your answer above, would you buy, sell, or hold the portfolio?

Explain the relationship between consumers and producers in economic growth and activity