Lloyd is a divorce attorney who practices law in florida. he wants to join the american divorce lawyers association (adla), a professional organization for divorce attorneys. the membership dues for the adla are $750 per year and must be paid at the beginning of each year. for instance, membership dues for the first year are paid today, and dues for the second year are payable one year from today. however, the adla also has an option for members to buy a lifetime membership today for $8,000 and never have to pay annual membership dues. obviously, the lifetime membership isn’t a good deal if you only remain a member for a couple of years, but if you remain a member for 40 years, it’s a great deal. suppose that the appropriate annual interest rate is 7.1%. what is the minimum number of years that lloyd must remain a member of the adla so that the lifetime membership is cheaper (on a present value basis) than paying $750 in annual membership dues? (note: round your answer up to the nearest year.) 18 years 16 years 14 years 20 years

Ursus, inc., is considering a project that would have a five-year life and would require a $1,650,000 investment in equipment. at the end of five years, the project would terminate and the equipment would have no salvage value. the project would provide net operating income each year as follows (ignore income taxes.):

Jen left a job paying $75,000 per year to start her own florist shop in a building she owns. the market value of the building is $120,000. she pays $35,000 per year for flowers and other supplies, and has a bank account that pays 5 percent interest. what is the economic cost of jen's business?

When paul o’neill joined alcoa as ceo, he set a , that there would be zero workplace accidents. a lot of people in the organization thought this was impossible given how dangerous some aluminum-manufacturing jobs are, but alcoa’s safety record improved tremendously. as the board of governors of the american red cross considers planning, one option is to make strategic plans and then direct managers to align tactical and operational plans accordingly. another option is to have planning specialists managers across the organization make their own plans. why might this organization’s executives opt for the latter approach? check all that apply. (a) the environment is a dynamic one, and department and frontline managers can come up with more responsive plans than can central leadership. (b)resources will be better coordinated across the organization in support of the overall strategy.(c) senior leadership will have more control over the organization’s direction. (d)when managers come up with their own plans, they are likely to be more committed to following through on them.