Josh purchased a condominium 5 years ago for $150,000. He made a down payment of 20% and financed the balance with a 30-year conventional mortgage to be amortized through monthly payments with an interest rate of 3%/year compounded monthly on the unpaid balance. The condominium is now appraised at $280,000. Josh plans to start his own business and wishes to tap into the equity that he has in the condominium. If Josh can secure a new 30-year conventional mortgage at the same rate to refinance his condominium based on a loan of 80% of the appraised value, how much cash can Josh muster for his business

The following accounts are denominated in pesos as of december 31, 2015. for reporting purposes, these amounts need to be stated in u. s. dollars. for each balance, indicate the exchange rate that would be used if a translation is made under the current rate method. then, again for each account, provide the exchange rate that would be necessary if a remeasurement is being made using the temporal method. the company was started in 2000. the buildings were acquired in 2002 and the patents in 2003. (round your answers to 2 decimal places.) exchange rates for 1 peso are as follows: 2000 1 peso = $ 0.28 2002 1 = 0.26 2003 1 = 0.25 january 1, 2015 1 = 0.24 april 1, 2015 1 = 0.23 july 1, 2015 1 = 0.22 october 1, 2015 1 = 0.20 december 31, 2015 1 = 0.16 average for 2015 1 = 0.19

Specialization—the division of labor—enhances productivity and efficiency by a) allowing workers to take advantage of existing differences in their abilities and skills. b) avoiding the time loss involved in shifting from one production task to another. c) allowing workers to develop skills by working on one, or a limited number, of tasks. d)all of the means identified in the other answers.

Large public water and sewer companies often become monopolies because they benefit from although the company faces high start-up costs, the firm experiences average production costs as it expands and adds more customers. smaller competitors would experience average costs and would be less