All of the following measures help promote technological progress EXCEPT a. investing in the education of workers. b. increased wages for researchers. c. reducing the scale of the market for a new product. d. issuing a patent to a company that invents a new product.

The silverside company is considering investing in two alternative projects: project 1 project 2 investment $500,000 $240,000 useful life (years) 8 7 estimated annual net cash inflows for useful life $120,000 $40,000 residual value $32,000 $10,000 depreciation method straightminusline straightminusline required rate of return 11% 8% what is the accounting rate of return for project 2? (round any intermediary calculations to the nearest dollar, and round your final answer to the nearest hundredth of a percent, x. xx%.)

Which of the following best describes why you need to establish goals for your program?

Jamie is saving for a trip to europe. she has an existing savings account that earns 3 percent annual interest and has a current balance of $4,200. jamie doesn’t want to use her current savings for vacation, so she decides to borrow the $1,600 she needs for travel expenses. she will repay the loan in exactly one year. the annual interest rate is 6 percent. a. if jamie were to withdraw the $1,600 from her savings account to finance the trip, how much interest would she forgo? .b. if jamie borrows the $1,600 how much will she pay in interest? c. how much does the trip cost her if she borrows rather than dip into her savings?