Answer:
Multiple choices below are missing:
A) purchase Bond A
B) purchase Bond B
C) purchase neither A nor B at this time
D) negotiate a higher rate on Bond A
The correct option is A,purchase bond A.
Explanation:
By purchasing Bond A,Lee is assured interest payment of 7.5% for a period of twenty years,hence the issuer cannot call the bond if interest rate drops by 2% in order to issue a lower interest-bearing bond which would be cheaper cost-wise.
However, if Lee purchases Bond B with current coupon of 8.25%,the interest is only guaranteed for a period of two years,since the issuer has the prerogative of calling back the bond after two years should interest fall in order to issue another bond that commands lower interest rate.
Answer:
Inflation in 2012:
= 10%
Inflation in 2013:
= 9.09%
Inflation in 2014:
= 5%
Real rate of interest = Nominal - inflation
Given that,
Nominal rate = 8%
Therefore,
Real interest rate is as follows:
2012:
= 8% - 10%
= -2%
2013:
= 8% - 9.09%
= -1.09%
2014:
= 8% - 5%
= 3%
$6000 at 8% grows to:
= 1000 × 1.08
= $6,480 in one year
which is invested again to grow to $6,998.4 in two years
which is invested again to grow to $7,558.272 in three years
so,
Total gain:
= 25.9712%
The price level increases in three years by:
= 26%
So,
Total real rate of return:
= Total gain - Percentage increase in prices
= 25.9712 - 26
= -0.0288%
Answer:
14.34%
Explanation:
To find the percentage of returned surveys over the total we divide and then multiply:
(717/5000)*100= 14.34%
The response rate appears to be low because it is less than 50% (which would be 2500 return surveys). Some statistical studies agree that 30 is the minimum number of observations a study must have, but this number does not ensure statistically significant results.
The problem with a very low response rate is that survey´s answers does not significant represent the study population characteristics and so we cannot make inferences, correlations or regressions that are statistically significant. In this case, the conclusions that scientists make about association between the left-handed population and right-handed population with the use of cell phone calls could be wrong or not represent the population characteristics, which means answers are not trustful.
Answer: Industries have more difficulty opening since they will have to resort to bribes from government people.
Explanation: When corruption is very marked in a country, many people know that the way to obtain benefits is through certain bribes. In the case of industries, in order for them to open they have to resort to bribes made by government personnel to have the opportunity for their construction to take place.
Answer:
A) skewed to the right with a mean of $4000 and a standard deviation of $450.
Explanation:
While the days are picked at random, the size of the sample is enough to represent the reality. Among the random pick those days of football game will be picked too and will skewed to the right the distribution
The distribution will not change into normal as the reality is that distribution of revenue is not normally distributed among the days of the year.
