Jackson State University is evaluating two options. It can perform online distance learning upgrades now for $275,000 or it can defer for 5 years when the cost is expected to increase to $375,000. Economist expects a real MARR of 10% per year with an average inflation rate of 4%. Using the FUTURE WORTH ANALYSIS, determine if the Mayor should purchase now or later:

John is a 45-year-old manager who enjoys playing basketball in his spare time with his teenage sons and their friends. at work he finds that he is better able to solve problems that come up because of his many years of experience, but while on the court, he finds he is not as good keeping track of the ball while worrying about the other players. john's experience is:

1. descriptive statistics quickly describe large amounts of data can predict future stock returns with surprising accuracy statisticians understand non-numeric information, like colors refer mainly to patterns that can be found in data 2. a 15% return on a stock means that 15% of the original purchase price of the stock returns to the seller at the end of the year 15% of the people who purchased the stock will see a return the stock is worth 15% more at the end of the year than at the beginning the stock has lost 15% of its value since it was originally sold 3. a stock purchased on january 1 cost $4.35 per share. the same stock, sold on december 31 of the same year, brought in $4.75 per share. what was the approximate return on this stock? 0.09% 109% 1.09% 9% 4. a stock sells for $6.99 on december 31, providing the seller with a 6% annual return. what was the price of the stock at the beginning of the year? $6.59 $1.16 $7.42 $5.84

The average month end closing stock price for company a over the past year is $34.57 with a standard deviation of $4.65. the average month end closing stock price for company b over the same period is $26.15 with a standard deviation of $7.45. based on this data, we can conclude that the stock price for company a is more consistent when compared to the stock price for company b.