Nicki​ Johnson, a sophomore mechanical engineering​ student, receives a call from an insurance​ agent, who believes that Nicki is an older woman ready to retire from teaching. He talks to her about several annuities that she could buy that would guarantee her an annual fixed income. The annuities are as follows: INITIAL AMOUNT OF DURATION
PAYMENT MONEY OF ANNUITY
Annuity ANNUITY Received (YEARS)
(AT t​ = 0) YEAR
A $50, 000 $8,500 12
B $ 60,000 $ 7,000 25
C $ 70,000 $ 8,000 20
If Nicki could earn 11 percent on her money by placing it in a savings​ account, should she place it instead in any of the​annuities? Which​ ones, if​ any? Why?
What rate of return could Nicki earn on her money if she place it in annuity A with ​$8,500 payment per year and 12 years​ duration?

Which of the following statements accurately describes how costs and benefits are calculated?

Roi analysis using dupont model. charlie? s furniture store has been in business for several years. the firm? s owners have described the store as a ? high-price, highservice? operation that provides lots of assistance to its customers. margin has averaged a relatively high 32% per year for several years, but turnover has been a relatively low 0.4 based on average total assets of $800,000. a discount furniture store is about to open in the area served by charlie? s, and management is considering lowering prices in order to compete effectively. required: a. calculate current sales and roi for charlie? s furniture store. b. assuming that the new strategy would reduce margin to 20%, and assuming that average total assets would stay the same, calculate the sales that would be required to have the same roi as they currently earned. c. suppose that you presented the results of your analysis in parts a and b of this problem to charlie, and he replied, ? what

Based on the supply and demand theory, why do medical doctors earn higher wages than child-care workers?