P=$150(1-1/1.03)^10/0.03 The equation above gives the present value, P, of an investment that pays the investor $150 per year for1010years. The present value is the dollar amount that is equal to the series of future payments. If the payments are changed from $150 to $75, what is the effect on the present valueP?

a. the present value stays the same
b. the present value is halved
c. the present value doubles
d. the present value increases by 3%

On january 15, the end of the first biweekly pay period of the year, north company’s payroll register showed that its employees earned $32,000 of sales salaries. withholdings from the employees’ salaries include fica social security taxes at the rate of 6.2%, fica medicare taxes at the rate of 1.45%, $3,000 of federal income taxes, $772 of medical insurance deductions, and $260 of union dues. no employee earned > $7,000 in this first period. prepare the journal entry to record north company’s january 15 (employee) payroll expenses and liabilities.