On January 2 Fred paid $18,000 for 900 shares of common stock of Acme Company. Fred received a $0.80 per share dividend on the stock at the end of each year for four years. At the end of four years, he sold the stock for $22,500. Fred has a goal of earning a minimum return of 12% on all of his investments. Required:
a. Determine the net present value.
b. Did Mr. Critchfield earn a 12% return on the stock?

Kendra knight took part in a friendly game of touch football. she had played before and was familiar with football. michael jewett was on her team. in the course of play, michael bumped into kendra and knocked her to the ground. he stepped on her hand, causing injury to a little finger that later required its amputation. she sued michael for damages. he defended on the ground that she had assumed the risk. kendra claimed that assumption of risk could not be raised as a defense because the state legislature had adopted the standard of comparative negligence. what happens if contributory negligence applies? what happens if the defense of comparative negligence applies?