Delta Diamonds uses a periodic inventory sistem. The company had five one- carat diamonds available for sale this year: one was purchased on June 1 for $500, two were purchased on July 9 for $550, and two were purchased on September 23 for $600 each. On December 24, it sold one of the diamonds that was purchased on July 9. Using the fifo method, its ending inventory ( after the December 24 sale) equals

In a fixed-term, level-payment reverse mortgage, sometimes called a reverse annuity mortgage, or ram, a lender agrees to pay the homeowner a monthly payment, or annuity, and expects to be repaid from the homeowner’s equity when he or she sells the home or obtains other financing to pay off the ram. consider a household that owns a $150,000 home free and clear of mortgage debt. the ram lender agrees to a $100,000 ram for 10 years at 6 percent. assume payments are made annually, at the beginning of each year to the homeowner. calculate the annual payment on the ram.