Answer and explanation:
Democracy is the state in which individuals of a community make decisions collectively being the interest of most people prioritized. A pure form of democracy is difficult to find even in countries that highly promote equal rights such as the United States.
The Democracy Index is a composite that measures democracies in 167 countries scoring them from 1 to 10 (10 is the highest grade). In 2019, The U.S. was positioned in the 25th place in the list of most democratic countries. <em>Norway </em>is placed in the first place followed by <em>Iceland</em>.
In such a case, <em>we should recommend our friend to take a look at the Democracy Index where he or she will find out that the U.S. is not one of the fairest nations in the world. Its government functioning and political participation are aspects where the U.S. needs improvement.</em>
Answer:
Target Marketing
Explanation:
Candy's Clothes is engaging in target marketing because it is tailoring its marketing strategy (and its products) to a specific, narrowly-defined group of people, which can be thought of as the firm's niche.
This strategy is useful when companies have a clear idea of what demographic group they want to sell. Other firms have products with a broader appeal, and therefore, are better off using other marketing strategies that can reach a larger group of people.
This is an example of decline.
It has gone from being in maturity to being in decline.
Answer: (a) 6%
(b) 10.61%
(c) Yes
Explanation:
a) After tax cost of debt = Yield (1- tax)
= 8 ( 1 - 0.25)
= 8 × 0.75
= 6%
b) 
= 0.1061 or 10.61%
Note: Cost of preferred stock is not tax deductible
c),Yes the treasurer is correct ,The cost of debt is 5% less than cost of preferred stock [10.61 - 6 = 4.61%]
