Wesley wants to buy a new Ford Focus. The sticker price on the model he is interested in is $18,571. Wesley has done his homework and knows that the dealer cost on this car is 15% lower than the sticker price and the best deal he can negotiate is 3-4% above the dealer cost. Approximately what price should Wesley be at when he finishes his negotiation

A$100 million interest rate swap has a remaining life of 10 months. under the terms of the swap, the six-month libor is exchanged semi-annually for 12% per annum. the six-month libor rate in swaps of all maturities is currently 10% per annum with continuous compounding. the six-month libor rate was 9.6% per annum two months ago. what is the current value of the swap to the party paying floating? what is its value to the party paying fixed?

Almeda products, inc., uses a job-order costing system. the company's inventory balances on april 1, the start of its fiscal year, were as follows:

Harris fabrics computes its predetermined overhead rate annually on the basis of direct labor-hours. at the beginning of the year, it estimated that 34,000 direct labor-hours would be required for the period’s estimated level of production. the company also estimated $599,000 of fixed manufacturing overhead expenses for the coming period and variable manufacturing overhead of $3.00 per direct labor-hour. harris's actual manufacturing overhead for the year was $768,234 and its actual total direct labor was 34,500 hours. required: compute the company's predetermined overhead rate for the year. (round your answer to 2 decimal places.)