Aconsumer buying cooperative tested the effective heating area of 20 different electric space heaters with different wattages. here are the results. heater wattage area 1 1,500 131 2 1,500 142 3 750 111 4 1,500 264 5 1,250 237 6 1,750 267 7 1,500 61 8 2,000 135 9 2,000 263 10 2,000 263 11 750 125 12 1,500 76 13 2,000 77 14 750 170 15 1,000 165 16 1,000 152 17 1,000 238 18 1,750 209 19 1,250 167 20 1,750 75

Afactory owner wants his workers to produce as many widgets as they can so he pays his workers based on how many widgets they produce. however, in order to make sure that the workers do not rush and produce a large number of poorly made widgets, he checks the widgets at random at various stages of their manufacture. if a defect is found in a widget, the pay of the entire section of the factory responsible for that defect is docked. how is this factory owner seeking to solve the agency conflict problem in this case?

Ursus, inc., is considering a project that would have a five-year life and would require a $1,650,000 investment in equipment. at the end of five years, the project would terminate and the equipment would have no salvage value. the project would provide net operating income each year as follows (ignore income taxes.):

Bond j has a coupon rate of 6 percent and bond k has a coupon rate of 12 percent. both bonds have 14 years to maturity, make semiannual payments, and have a ytm of 9 percent. a. if interest rates suddenly rise by 2 percent, what is the percentage price change of these bonds?