Sylvester co. takes out a 12% loan of $500,000 on 1/1/2014 to finance construction of a building for the company’s own use. construction begins immediately, and $600,000 is spent on the construction at an even pace during 2014. another $400,000 is spent at an even pace during 2015, with construction completed on 12/31/2015. no other construction loans are taken out. sylvester incurred unrelated interest expenses of $10,000 and $15,000 in 2014 and 2015, respectively, on loans that bear interest at 10%. how much interest can sylvester capitalize in 2014 and 2015?

Asmall town wants to build some new recreational facilities. the proposed facilities include a swimming pool, recreation center, basketball court and baseball field. the town council wants to provide the facilities which will be used by the most people, but they face budget and land limitations. the town has $400,000 and 14 acres of land. the pool requires locker facilities which would be in the recreation center, so if the swimming pool is built the recreation center must also be built. also, the council has only enough flat land to build the basketball court or the baseball field. the daily usage and cost of the facilities (in $1,000) are shown below. which facilities should they build? facilityusagecost ($1,000)landswimming pool4001002recreation center5002003basketball court3001504baseball field2001005

How much of your paycheck do you have immediate access to once you deposit it into your bank account a. all of it b. a portion of it c. none of it

You are looking at a one-year loan of $16,500. the interest rate is quoted as 8.7 percent plus two points. a point on a loan is 1 percent (one percentage point) of the loan amount. quotes similar to this one are common with home mortgages. the interest rate quotation in this example requires the borrower to pay two points to the lender up front and repay the loan later with 8.7 percent interest. what rate would you actually be paying here?