Your local travel agent is advertising an upscale winter vacation package for travel three years from now to Antarctica. The package requires that you pay $20,000 today, $35,000 one year from today, and a final payment of $45,000 on the day you depart three years from today. What is the cost of this vacation in today's dollars if the discount rate is 9.75 percent?

Which stroke of the four-stroke cycle is shown in the above figure? a. power b. compression c. exhaust d. intake

Ann chovies, owner of the perfect pasta pizza parlor, uses 20 pounds of pepperoni each day in preparing pizzas. order costs for pepperoni are $10.00 per order, and carrying costs are 4 cents per pound per day. lead time for each order is three days, and the pepperoni itself costs $3.00 per pound. if she were to order 80 pounds of pepperoni at a time, what would be the average inventory level?

One of your new suppliers, kim, has been hearing rumors about your firm’s lack of capability to deliver high quality products and writes an email asking you to address the claims being made. in replying to her, you want to be sure that you are very clear and leave no room for misinterpretation. which of the following aspects of effective communication should you give the most attention? (a) making sure you understand kim’s areas of expertise. (b) supporting your reply with relevant data and facts. (c) establishing your credibility as an expert. (d) paying attention to implied communications.