Suppose you place $10,000 in a retirement fund that earns a nominal interest rate of 8 percent. If you expect inflation to be 5 percent or lower, then you are expecting to earn a real interest rate of at least:

a. 1.6 percent.
b. 3 percent.
c. 4 percent.
d. 5 percent.

Caleb construction (cc) incurs supervisor salaries expense in the construction of homes. if cc manufactures 100 homes in a year, fixed supervisor salaries will be $400,000. with the current construction supervisors, cc's productive capacity is 150 homes in a year. however, if cc is contracts to build more than 150 homes per year, it will need to hire additional supervisors, which are hired as full-time rather than temporary employees. cc's productive capacity would then become 200 homes per year, and salaries expense would increase to $470,000. how would cc’s salaries expense be properly classified? fixed variable mixed stepped curvilinear

Required information lansing company’s 2017 income statement and selected balance sheet data (for current assets and current liabilities) at december 31, 2016 and 2017, follow. lansing company income statement for year ended december 31, 2017 sales revenue $130,200 expenses cost of goods sold 53,000 depreciation expense 17,500 salaries expense 29,000 rent expense 10,100 insurance expense 4,900 interest expense 4,700 utilities expense 3,900 net income $7,100 lansing company selected balance sheet accounts at december 31 2017 2016 accounts receivable $6,700 $8,000 inventory 3,080 2,090 accounts payable 5,500 6,800 salaries payable 1,100 810 utilities payable 440 270 prepaid insurance 370 500 prepaid rent 440 290 required: prepare the cash flows from operating activities section only of the company’s 2017 statement of cash flows using the indirect method. (amounts to be deducted should be indicated with a minus sign.)

Free rein leaders can be described as: a. dictatorial b. authoritarian c. democratic d. permissive