Answer:
-2, 4 and -8
Explanation:
Given the nth term of a GP expressed as;

When n = 1

when n = 2

when n = 3

Hence the first three terms of the sequence are -2, 4 and -8
Answer:
A university's decision to add a new residence hall. A trucking firm's decision to move to a smaller facility.
Explanation:
Short run decision affects variable factor only. Adding a new facility is a long run decision. Hence a firm's decision to decrease the amount of electricity used in day-to-day operations by encouraging employees to adopt conservation strategies is a short run decision.
Hence, the correct answer would be:
A university's decision to add a new residence hall. A trucking firm's decision to move to a smaller facility.
Answer
Associate: where a company has holdings of between 20% and 50%.
Minority Interest: where a company has holdings of less than 20%
Parent Company: where a company has holdings of more than 50%.
Explanation:
<u>An associate company </u>(or associate) is a company that owns a business beyond 20% and not more than 50%. In business valuation such a company that has invested significantly in the shares of another company will have voting rights in the board of the acquired company.
<u>Minority Interest</u> is the term used to describe the investments of one company in another company, when such investments are less than 20% of the total value of the acquired company.
<u>Parent Company</u> is a company that owns more than half (50%) of the shares or value of another company.
Answer:
Target costing
Explanation:
-High-low pricing is when companies initially establish a high price for a product and then, they decrease it when people are less willing to buy it.
-Everyday low pricing is when companies offer low prices on their products all the time.
-Cost-plus pricing is when companies determine the cost of the product and add the profit margin they need to establish the price of the product.
-Target costing is when companies establish a target cost for the product by taking the price and subtracting the margin they expect from it.
-Competition-based pricing is when companies use the price the competitors have for the same product to establish the price.
According to this, the answer is that the situation exemplifies target costing.
Answer:
The investors should expect to 9.26% of Return.
Explanation:
The Dividend Discount Model for Constant Growth should be used here.
DDM = Current Price = Dividend of Year 1 / (Required Return - Growth Rate)
Dividend of Year 1 = 1.64 (1.03) = 1.6892.
Re-arrange the above model for Required Return and put values:
Required Return = (1.6892 / 27) + .03 = .0926 OR 9.26%.
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