The Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) has the mission to train and equip the Security Forces of Afghanistan. The CSTC-A Commander wants to train an Afghan battalion on pathfinder operations. The training will take three weeks and cover establishing and operating helicopter landing zones, MEDEVAC procedures, and sling load fundamentals. It will cost approximately $6 million to conduct the three-week training event. The Commander also wants to build the Afghan Army a pathfinder school house and training facilities for approximately $3 million. Which statement is the most accurate regarding the funding of the planned training and construction: a. The command can fund the training but cannot build the school or training facilities because this cost exceeds the contingency construction authority. b. The command can pursue the training and construction but only if it can get the DoS funds to pay for it, since this is clearly "Big T" Security Assistance Training. c. The command can legally fund all the planned training and construction with OCO. d. The command can legally fund all the planned training and construction with the ASFF appropriation.

In december of 2004, the company you own entered into a 20-year contract with a grain supplier for daily deliveries of grain to its hot dog bun manufacturing facility. the contract called for "10,000 pounds of grain" to be delivered to the facility at the price of $100,000 per day. until february 2017, the supplier provided processed grain which could easily be used in your manufacturing process. however, no longer wanting to absorb the cost of having the grain processed, the supplier began delivering whole grain. the supplier is arguing that the contract does not specify the type of grain that would be supplied and that it has not breached the contract. your company is arguing that the supplier has an onsite processing plant and processed grain was implicit to the terms of the contract. over the remaining term of the contract, reshipping and having the grain processed would cost your company approximately $10,000,000, opposed to a cost of around $1,000,000 to the supplier. after speaking with in-house counsel, it was estimated that litigation would cost the company several million dollars and last for years. weighing the costs of litigation, along with possible ambiguity in the contract, what are three options you could take to resolve the dispute? which would be the best option for your business and why?

Dr. sperry, a biologist, is using excel to track growth rates of different populations of bacteria. she has a very complex formula in one cell. it begins with “round”. dr. sperry would like to see exactly how excel’s calculation reached the final rounded value that she sees in the cell. what could dr. sperry do to best understand how the calculation was made? try different formulas on her own until she reaches the value shown in excel click on the evaluate formula button in the formulas tab and then click “step in” select the cell and then look at the formula in the formula field of the ribbon remove “round” from the formula in order to see the actual value before rounding

You have $5,300 to deposit. regency bank offers 6 percent per year compounded monthly (.5 percent per month), while king bank offers 6 percent but will only compounded annually. how much will your investment be worth in 17 years at each bank