Catherine Jones has determined the following information about her own financial situation. Her checking account is worth $800 and her savings account is worth $1,500. She owns her own home that has a market value of $103,000. She has furniture and appliances worth $10,500 and a home computer and laptop worth $3,100. She has a car worth $14,000. She has recently purchased an annuity worth $5,400 and she has a retirement account worth $44,000. What is the value of her liquid assets

Galwaysc electronics makes two products. model a requires component a and component c. model b requires component b and component c. new versions of both models are released each year with updated versions of all components. all components are sourced overseas, and abc contracts annually for a quantity of each component before seeing that year’s demand. components are only assembled into finished products once demand for each model is known. for the coming year, alwaysc’s purchasing manner has proposed ordering 500,000 units of component a, 630,000 of component b, and 1,000,000 units of component c. her boss has asked why she has recommended purchasing so much of components a and b when alwaysc will not have enough of component c to fully use all of the inventory of a and b. what factors might the purchasing manager cite to explain her recommended order? explain your reasoning.

On september 1, 2016, steve loaned brett $2,000 at 12% interest compounded annually. steve is not in the business of lending money. the note stated that principal and interest would be due on august 31, 2018. in 2018, steve received $2,508.80 ($2,000 principal and $508.80 interest). steve uses the cash method of accounting. what amount must steve include in income on his income tax return?

(30 total points) suppose a firm’s production function is given by q = l1/2*k1/2. the marginal product of labor and the marginal product of capital are given by: mpl = 1/ 2 1/ 2 2l k , and mpk = 1/ 2 1/ 2 2k l . a) (12 points) if the price of labor is w = 48, and the price of capital is r = 12, how much labor and capital should the firm hire in order to minimize the cost of production if the firm wants to produce output q = 18?