13. extreme manufacturing company provides the following abc costing information: activities total costs activity-cost drivers account inquiry $280,000 14,000 hours account billing $350,000 7,000,000 lines account verification accounts $93,750 50,000 accounts correspondence letters $29,000 4,000 letters total costs $752,750 the above activities are used by departments a and b as follows: department a department b account inquiry hours 2,100 hours 3,600 hours account billing lines 500,000 lines 350,000 lines account verification accounts 7,000 accounts 5,000 accounts correspondence letters 1,200 letters 1,600 letters how much of the total costs will be assigned to department a? a) $88,825 b) $118,825 c) $120,000 d) $85,075

Risk is the risk of a decline in a bond's value due to an increase in interest rates. this risk is higher on bonds that have long maturities than on bonds that will mature in the near future. risk is the risk that a decline in interest rates will lead to a decline in income from a bond portfolio. this risk is obviously high on callable bonds. it is also high on short-term bonds because the shorter the bond's maturity, the fewer the years before the relatively high old-coupon bonds will be replaced with new low-coupon issues. which type of risk is more relevant to an investor depends on the investor's , which is the period of time an investor plans to hold a particular investment. longer maturity bonds have high risk but low risk, while higher coupon bonds have a higher level of risk and a lower level of risk. to account for the effects related to both a bond's maturity and coupon, many analysts focus on a measure called , which is the weighted average of the time it takes to receive each of the bond's cash flows. conceptual question: which of the following bonds would have the largest duration? a)10year-zero coupon bonds b)10year-7% annual coupon bonds c)10year-3% annual coupon bonds d)5year-3% annual coupon bonds e)3year-7% annual coupon bonds