Paul invested $25,000 in a nonqualified deferred annuity at the age of 47. Five years later, the contract has grown to $38,000, and Paul surrenders his contract for its full value. The early withdrawal tax penalty is assessed on how much of Paul's surrender?
a. $0
b. $13,000
c. $25,000
d. $38,000

In response to the gates malaria forum in october 2007, countries are debating the pros and cons of eradication. dr. arata kochi of the world health organization believes that with enough money malaria cases could be cut by 90 percent, but he believes that it would be very expensive to eliminate the remaining 10 percent of cases. he concluded that countries should not strive to eradicate malaria. source: the new york times, march 4, 2008 draw a marginal cost curve that is consistent with dr. kochis opinion as reported above. draw a marginal benefit curve that is consistent with dry. kochis opinion as reported above. draw a point to show the quantity of malaria eradicated that achieves allocative efficiency.

Companies in the u. s. car rental market vary greatly in terms of the size of the fleet, the number of locations, and annual revenue. in 2011 hertz had 320,000 cars in service and annual revenue of approximately $4.2 billion. the following data show the number of cars in service (1000s) and the annual revenue ($ millions) for six smaller car rental companies (auto rental news website, august 7, 2012). excel file: data14-09.xls if required, enter negative values as negative numbers. a. select a scatter diagram with the number of cars in service as the independent variable. b. what does the scatter diagram developed in part (a) indicate about the relationship between the two variables? c. use the least squares method to develop the estimated regression equation (to 3 decimals). ŷ = + x d. for every additional car placed in service, estimate how much annual revenue will change. by $ e. fox rent a car has 11,000 cars in service. use the estimated regression equation developed in part (c) to predict annual revenue for fox rent a car. round your answer to nearest whole value. $ million hide feedback partially correct

In the 1970s, kmart used blue light specials to encourage customers to flock to a particular department having a temporary sale. a spinning blue light activated for approximately 30 seconds, and then an in-store announcement informed shoppers of the special savings in the specific department. over time, loyal kmart shoppers learned to flock to the department with the spinning blue light before any announcement of special savings occurred. if kmart was employing classical conditioning techniques, what role did the spinning blue light play?