A fifteen-year adjustable-rate mortgage of $117,134.80 is being repaid with monthly payments of $988.45 based upon a nominal interest rate of 6% convertible monthly. Immediately after the 60th payment, the interest rate is increased to a nominal interest rate of 7.5% convertible monthly. The monthly payments remain at $988.45, and there will be an additional balloon payment at the end of the fifteen years to pay the outstanding loan balance. (a) Calculate the loan balance immediately after the 84th payment. (b) Calculate the amount of interest in the 84th payment. (c) Calculate the amount of the balloon payment.

Acompany that makes shopping carts for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some new equipment that reduces the labor content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. prior to buying the new equipment, the company used 6 workers, who produced an average of 79 carts per hour. workers receive $16 per hour, and machine coast was $49 per hour. with the new equipment, it was possible to transfer one of the workers to another department, and equipment cost increased by $11 per hour while output increased by four carts per hour. a) compute the multifactor productivity (mfp) (labor plus equipment) under the prior to buying the new equipment. the mfp (carts/$) = (round to 4 decimal places). b) compute the productivity changes between the prior to and after buying the new equipment. the productivity growth = % (round to 2 decimal places)

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What is the key to success in integrating both lethal and nonlethal activities during planning? including stakeholders once a comprehensive operational approach has been determined knowing the commander's decision making processes and "touch points" including stakeholders from the very beginning of the design and planning process including the liaison officers (lnos) in all the decision points?