Atelevision advertisement shows several teenagers searching through the refrigerator for something to satisfy their hunger. the refrigerator offers the teenagers many alternatives—celery, bologna, cottage cheese, and box of hot pockets bacon cheddar cheese melt sandwiches (see the photo above). the ad, which shows the teens happily selecting the hot pockets sandwiches, appeals to the consumers’ for sustenance to satisfy their hunger and attempts to shape their for the advertised product. needs; preferences needs; wants wants; needs wants; cravings cravings; needs

Guardian inc. is trying to develop an asset-financing plan. the firm has $450,000 in temporary current assets and $350,000 in permanent current assets. guardian also has $550,000 in fixed assets. assume a tax rate of 40 percent. a. construct two alternative financing plans for guardian. one of the plans should be conservative, with 70 percent of assets financed by long-term sources, and the other should be aggressive, with only 56.25 percent of assets financed by long-term sources. the current interest rate is 12 percent on long-term funds and 7 percent on short-term financing. compute the annual interest payments under each plan.

U.s. internet advertising revenue grew at the rate of r(t) = 0.82t + 1.14 (0 ≤ t ≤ 4) billion dollars/year between 2002 (t = 0) and 2006 (t = 4). the advertising revenue in 2002 was $5.9 billion.† (a) find an expression f(t) giving the advertising revenue in year t.

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