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3 years ago

A friend asks you what sort of interest-simple or compound- is better. What would your answer be, and why?

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1 answer:

Bas_tet [7]3 years ago

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Answer:

Compound interest is better than simple interest

Explanation:

Compound interest is better than simple interest especially when it comes to investing. Funds grow at a faster rate in compound interest than simple interest.

Simple interest is the interest on only the principal while compound interest is the interest on principal and on the previous accumulated interest (that is, interest on interest).

The formula for simple interest is:

P x r x t

Where P is the principal

r is the interest rate

t in the time.

For compound interest:

A=P(1+r/n)^nt.

A is the amount after compounding.

P is the principal.

r is the interest rate

n is the number of times interest compounds(adds up) per year

t is the number of years.

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Answer:

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Explanation:

Provided budget is static budget, firstly for calculating flexible budget variance for Sales Revenue.

For this flexible budget is made of same level of quantity as of actual level.

therefore Flexible budget sales = 990 units @ $70 per unit price will be same as of static budget.

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3 years ago

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Answer:

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Explanation:

Dividend Yield = 0.12/2

Dividend Yield = 0.06

==> (Dividend in One Year)/Current Price= .045

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Suppose the economy is in a recession. The economy needs to expand by at least $350 billion, and the marginal propensity to cons

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Answer:

$140

Explanation:

Calculation for What is the least amount the government can spend to overcome the $350 billion gap

First step is to find the Multiplier using this formula

Multiplier=1(1-Marginal propensity)

Let plug in the formula

Multiplier=1/(1-0.6)

Multiplier=1/0.4

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Now let calculate the least amount the government can spend using this formula

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Let plug in the formula

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A University is offering a charitable gift program. A former student who is now 50 years old is consider the following offer: Th

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Answer:

The value of this deferred annuity today on his 50th birthday is <u>$2,621.27</u>.

Explanation:

Since the student's desired return of 6% will also start to be paid starting on his 65th birthday, the value of this deferred annuity today on his 50th birthday can be calculated by first calculating the value of the investment on the 65th birthday.

We therefore proceed with the following two steps:

Step 1: Calculation of the value of the investment on the 65th birthday

The value of the investment on the 65th birthday can be calculated using the formula for calculating the present value of an ordinary annuity as follows:

PV = P * ((1 - (1 / (1 + r))^n) / r) …………………………………. (1)

Where;

PV at 65 = Present value of the annuity at 65th birthday =?

P = Annuity payment = Invested amount * Student's desired return = $8,900 * 6% = $534

r = Student's desired return rate = 6%, or 0.06

n = number of more years anticipate to live after 65th birthday = 21

Substitute the values into equation (1) to have:

PV at 65 = $534 * ((1 - (1 / (1 + 0.06))^21) / 0.06)

PV at 65 = $534 * 11.764076621288

PV at 65 = $6,282.02

Therefore, the value of the investment on the 65th birthday is $6,282.02.

Step 2: Calculation of the value of this deferred annuity today on his 50th birthday

The value of this deferred annuity today on his 50th birthday can therefore be calculated using the simple present value for as follows:

PV at 50 = PV at 65 / (1 + r)^N …………………………….. (2)

Where;

PV at 50 = the value of this deferred annuity today on his 50th birthday = ?

PV at 65 = Present value of the annuity at 65th birthday = $6,282.02

r = Student's desired return rate = 6%, or 0.06

N = number of years from 50th birthday to 65th birthday = 65 - 50 = 15

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PV at 50 = $6,282.02 / (1 + 0.06)^15

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Answer:

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Explanation:

(a) Multiplier = 1 ÷ (1 - MPC )

= 1 ÷ (1 - 0.8 )

= 1 ÷ 0.2

= 5 ⇒ the value of the simple multiplier is 5.

b) If the autonomous expenditure is increased by $30 million then the total output will increase by:

= $30 million × 5

= $150 million

c) If the Marginal propensity to import is 0.3 then the import will increase by:

= 150 × 0.3

= 45 million

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