Andrea recently began working for the Seabird Coffee Company as a barista. She tells you that her company has two retirement plans she can participate in. In one plan, she contributes a portion of her salary into an account where she can choose from a set of investments. The contributions reduce her taxable income. The money grows and when she retires, or leaves the company, she can take the balance. In the other program, she does not contribute to the plan; the company pays into the plan and invests the money. When she retires, and if she qualifies, she will receive a retirement income for life from the plan based on her working income. You explain that Seabird Coffee has

Jose recently died with a probate estate of $900,000. he was predeceased by his wife, guadalupe, and his daughter, lucy. he has two surviving children, pete and fred. jose was also survived by eight grandchildren, pete’s three children, naomi, daniel, nick; fred’s three children, heather, chris and steve; and lucy’s two children, david and rachel. jose’s will states the following “i leave everything to my three children. if any of my children shall predecease me then i leave their share to their heirs, per stirpes.” which of the following statements is correct? (a) under jose’s will rachel will receive $150,000. (b) under jose’s will chris will receive $150,000. (c) under jose’s will nick will receive $100,000. (d) under jose’s will pete will receive $200,000.

12. to produce a textured purée, you would use a/an a. food processor. b. wide-mesh sieve. c. immersion blender d. food mill.

When it is 4: 00 a.m. in halifax, it is 1: 00 p.m. in karachi, and when it is 9: 00 a.m. in karachi, it is 5: 00 a.m. in warsaw. mary left halifax to fly to karachi, but she accidentally left her watch on warsaw time. according to mary’s watch, she left halifax at 9: 40 p.m. on monday. the local time when she arrived at karachi was 3: 00 p.m. tuesday. how long was mary’s flight? a. 9 hours, 20 minutes b. 13 hours, 20 minutes c. 14 hours, 20 minutes d. 17 hours, 20 minutes