On december 1, 2013, keenan company, a u. s. firm, sold merchandise to velez company of canada for 150,000 canadian dollars (cad). collection of the receivable is due on february 1, 2014. keenan purchased a foreign currency put option with a strike price of $.97 (u. s.) on december 1, 2013. this foreign currency option is designated as a fair value hedge. relevant exchange rates follow:

date spot rate option premium
december 1, 2018 $0.97 $0.05
december 31, 2018 $0.95 $0.04
february 1, 2019 $0.94 $0.03

compute the fair value of the foreign currency option at february 1, 2014.
(a) $7,500.
(b) $6,000.
(c) $3,000.
(d) $1,500.
(e) $4,500.

He aldermanalderman company has prepared a sales budget of 42 comma 00042,000 finished units for a 3-month period. the company has an inventory of 10 comma 00010,000 units of finished goods on hand at december 31 and has a target finished goods inventory of 11 comma 00011,000 units at the end of the succeeding quarter. it takes 44 gallons of direct materials to make one unit of finished product. the company has inventory of 64 comma 00064,000 gallons of direct materials at december 31 and has a target ending inventory of 53 comma 00053,000 gallons at the end of the succeeding quarter. how many gallons of direct materials should aldermanalderman company purchase during the 3 months ending march 31? select the labels and enter the amounts to calculate the direct materials (gallons) to be purchased.

Alarge tank is filled to capacity with 500 gallons of pure water. brine containing 2 pounds of salt per gallon is pumped into the tank at a rate of 5 gal/min. the well-mixed solution is pumped out at the same rate. find the number a(t) of pounds of salt in the tank at time t.

What is one counter argument to the premise that the wealth gap is a serious problem which needs to be addressed?