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<span>$1,347,472.70 is the correct answer</span>
In the <u>trial</u> stage of the adoption process, the consumer may buy the product to experiment with it in use.
Explanation:
There are basically 5 different stages in the consumer adoption process.
1. Awareness: This first stage is concerned with the consumer being exposed to an innovation or product. Right now he does not have too much information about it, and may not even pay too much attention to it.
2. Interest and Information: It is at this second stage that the consumer wants to voluntarily know more about the said product. He starts collecting information about it from various sources.
3. Evaluation: In this third stage, once the consumer has accumulated all the information he can by means of various sources, he starts comparing the features and qualities of the new product with other already existing products.
4. Trial: After the first three stages, now the consumer is ready to try out the product for the first time. He may go ahead and purchase it, or if free samples are readily available, he may use those too.
5. Adoption: The fifth and last stage of the consumer adoption process is about the consumer purchasing the said product, after all the trials and evaluations.
Answer:
10.53%
Explanation:
In this question, we use the RATE formula that is shown in the attachment. Kindly find it below:
Data provided
Present value = $34,500
Future value or Face value = $0
PMT = $4,200
NPER = 11 years × 2 = 22 years
The formula is shown below:
= Rate(NPER;PMT;-PV;FV;type)
The present value come in negative
So, after solving this, the rate of return is 10.53%
Answer:
Inflation; decrease.
Explanation:
An inflation can be defined as the sustained or persistent rise in the prices of goods and services at a specific period of time. Also, an inflation hedge refers to the investment that are used to protect the eroding purchasing power of a currency (money) as a result of a persistent increase in price level due to inflation.
During inflationary periods, assets such as TIPS, gold, and real estate are used as inflation hedges.
Additionally, money demand will decrease when interest rates, payment technology, inflation risk, and the liquidity of other assets decrease. This simply means that, the desired holding of financial assets in the form of money (monetary value) is dependent on factors such as interest rates, inflation risk, payment technology etc.
