Barber and Atkins are partners in an accounting firm and share net income and loss equally. Barber's beginning partnership capital balance for the current year is $213,000, and Atkins' beginning partnership capital balance for the current year is $237,000. The partnership had net income of $175,000 for the year. Barber withdrew $76,000 during the year and Atkins withdrew $60,000. What is Barber's return on equity? a) 20.0%
b) 40.0%
c) 41.1%
d) 39.0%
e) 37.9%

Orange corporation issued 20-year, noncallable, 7.5% annual coupon bonds at their par value of $1,000 one year ago. today, the market interest rate on these bonds is 5.5%. what is the current price of the bonds, given that they now have 19 years to maturity?

Atlas manufacturing produces a unique valve, and has the capacity to produce 50,000 valves annually. currently atlas produces 40,000 valves and is thinking about increasing production to 45,000 valves next year. what is the most likely behavior of total manufacturing costs and unit manufacturing costs given this change? a. total manufacturing costs will increase and unit manufacturing costs will also increase. b. total manufacturing costs will stay the same and unit manufacturing costs will stay the same. c. total manufacturing costs will increase and unit manufacturing costs will decrease. d. total manufacturing costs will increase and unit manufacturing costs will stay the same.

Alarge tank is filled to capacity with 500 gallons of pure water. brine containing 2 pounds of salt per gallon is pumped into the tank at a rate of 5 gal/min. the well-mixed solution is pumped out at the same rate. find the number a(t) of pounds of salt in the tank at time t.