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Frank is lending $1,000 to Sarah for two years. Frank and Sarah agree that Frank should earn a 2 percent real return per year. I

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Answer:

a. 23%.

b. Frank should charge Sarah 2% more than the inflation rate.

Explanation:

a. Find the nominal rate of interest.

To find this value we must follow this equation:

$NI=RI+IR$

Where NI = Nominal Interest, RI= Real Interest, and IR= Inflation Rate.

a.1. Find the real interest rate.

The problem statement gives us this value: 2% real return per year, as agreed by Sarah and Frank.

a.2. Find the inflation rate.

Here we follow this equation:

$IR=(\frac{CPI_{F} -CPI_{B} }{CPI_{B} } )*100$

Where:

CPI(F) is the CPI of the final year, in this case, it would be 121 (the expected CPI for two years, which is the established loan time).

CPI (B) is the CPI of the base year, that is, the CPI in force at the time that Frank makes the loan, 100 in this case.

We replace these values:

$IR=(\frac{121-100}{100} )*100$

$IR=(\frac{21}{100} )*100$

$IR=0.21*100$

$IR=21%$

The inflation rate equals 21%.

a.3. Replace in the equation of the nominal rate of interest.

$NI=RI+IR$

$NI=0.02+0.21$

$NI=0.23$

So, the nominal rate of interest Frank should charge Sarah equals 23%.

b. Find out how much Frank should charge Sarah (regarding inflation and considering that it is unknown).

The inflation rate reduces the return expected by Frank. Therefore, the nominal interest rate charged must be higher than the inflation rate, in order to ensure a positive real returns. In this case, since it is not known exactly what that inflation rate is, Frank must charge 2% (expected return) above what the inflation rate can record.

Hence, the short answer is: Frank should charge Sarah 2% more than the inflation rate.

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Gloria is saving for her daughter’s college education. She wants to have $100,000 available when her daughter graduates from hig

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Answer:

The correct answer is that Gloria would have to invest $75,581 today at the rate of 7.25 % to receive $100000 in four years,hence option is correct

Explanation:

FV=PV(1+r)^t

FV=$100000

PV= is unknown

r=7.25%

t=4years

PV=FV/(1+r)^t

PV=100000/(1+0.0725)^4

=$75581

Hence the amount Gloria has to invest today is $75581

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Which one of the following descriptions best describes horizontal integration? 1) the economic development of the American West

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Answer:

b

Explanation:

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Devin Company has the following data for their budget and actual performance. Actual Master budget Master Budget Variance Sales

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Answer:

The operating income master budget variance 6687 Unfav

Explanation:

Devin Company

Actual Vs. Budget Performance Report

For the year

Actual Master Master Budget

Performance budget Variance

Sales 150,298 155,842 5544 Unfavorable

Variable Costs 65,548 63,937 1611 Unfav

Fixed Costs 12,007 12,475 468 Fav

Operating Income 72743 79430 6687 Unfav

The operating income master budget variance is unfavorable because actual operating income is less than the budget operating income .

When the actual sales revenue is less than the budgeted revenues the variance is unfavorable.

When the actual costs are more than the budgeted costs the variance is unfavorable, and favorable when the actual costs are less than the budgeted costs.

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