As the manager of a golf resort, you want to increase the number of tee times sold by 10%. your staff economist (and junior caddy) has determined that the price elasticity of demand for tee times is –1.5. to increase sales by the desired amount, how much should you decrease the price of a tee time in percentage terms?
15.5%
20%
8%
6.67%

Bill dukes has $100,000 invested in a 2-stock portfolio. $62,500 is invested in stock x and the remainder is invested in stock y. x's beta is 1.50 and y's beta is 0.70. what is the portfolio's beta? do not round your intermediate calculations. round the final answer to 2 decimal places.

John and daphne are saving for their daughter ellen's college education. ellen just turned 10 at (t = 0), and she will be entering college 8 years from now (at t = 8). college tuition and expenses at state u. are currently $14,500 a year, but they are expected to increase at a rate of 3.5% a year. ellen should graduate in 4 years--if she takes longer or wants to go to graduate school, she will be on her own. tuition and other costs will be due at the beginning of each school year (at t = 8, 9, 10, and 11).so far, john and daphne have accumulated $15,000 in their college savings account (at t = 0). their long-run financial plan is to add an additional $5,000 in each of the next 4 years (at t = 1, 2, 3, and 4). then they plan to make 3 equal annual contributions in each of the following years, t = 5, 6, and 7. they expect their investment account to earn 9%. how large must the annual payments at t = 5, 6, and 7 be to cover ellen's anticipated college costs? a. $1,965.21b. $2,068.64c. $2,177.51d. $2,292.12e. $2,412.76

Robert owns a life insurance policy that he purchased when he first graduated college. it has a $100,000 death benefit and robert pays premiums for it every month out of his checking account. the insurance robert has is most likely da. permanent life insurance o b. term life insurance o c. group life insurance o d. individual life insurance