Jake owns an old piece of exercise equipment. he has been using the equipment merely to hang his clothes on, so jake decides to get rid of the thing. he takes the unused exercise machine to the landfill and throws it off the back of the truck. maggie, a teenager, is at the landfill rummaging for useful items. maggie sees the exercise equipment and decides it is just the thing to give her sister for christmas, so she decides to take it home. as she is loading it into the back of her pickup truck, jake stops and tries to get it back. the landfill owner sees the commotion and decides he would like to have the equipment as well. who has the best rights in the exercise equipment?

Alandlord rented an art studio to an artist. under the terms of the signed, written, two-year lease, the artist agreed to pay the landlord $1,000 per month and to assume responsibility for all necessary repairs. after the first year of the lease, the artist assigned the balance of his lease to a sculptor. the landlord approved the sculptor as a tenant and accepted two rent payments from her, and then the landlord sold the building to an investor. the sculptor had made two payments to the investor when an electrical fire broke out in the studio, injuring the sculptor. the fire was caused by faulty wiring. the landlord was aware that there was a dangerous wiring problem when he leased the property to the artist. but when the landlord discovered how costly repairs would be, he decided it would be more profitable to sell the property than to repair it. the problem was not easily discoverable by anyone other than an expert electrician, and the landlord did not tell the artist, the sculptor, or the investor about the problem. the sculptor sues to recover damages for her injuries. from whom can the sculptor recover?

When color is used on a topographical drawing, black is used to represent what?

Amanda rice has just arranged to purchase a $640,000 vacation home in the bahamas with a 20 percent down payment. the mortgage has a 7 percent apr compounded monthly and calls for equal monthly payments over the next 30 years. her first payment will be due one month from now. however, the mortgage has an eight-year balloon payment, meaning that the balance of the loan must be paid off at the end of year 8. there were no other transaction costs or finance charges. how much will amanda’s balloon payment be in eight years