Sophia purchased a variable annuity contract with $45,000 purchase payment. surrender charges begin with 9 percent in the first year and decline by 2 percent each year. in addition, sophia can withdraw 12 percent of her contract value each year without paying surrender charges. in the first year, sophia needed to withdraw $9,700. assume that the contract value had not increased or decreased because of investment performance. what was the surrender charge sophia had to pay?

Seattle bank’s start-up division establishes new branch banks. each branch opens with three tellers. total teller cost per branch is $96,000 per year. the three tellers combined can process up to 90,000 customer transactions per year. if a branch does not attain a volume of at least 60,000 transactions during its first year of operations, it is closed. if the demand for services exceeds 90,000 transactions, an additional teller is hired and the branch is transferred from the start-up division to regular operations. required what is the relevant range of activity for new branch banks

The state troopers in one state have a motto, “nine you’re fine; ten you’re mine,” which is the standard that they use for pulling over speeders on the state highways. in other words, if the posted speed limit is 55 mph, drivers can drive at a rate up to 64 mph without fear of getting a ticket. which of the following best describes the ethical culture in the state? a. the troopers are following a standard of positive law. b. the troopers are following a normative standard. c. the troopers are following a headline test. d. the troopers are following the blanchard/peale standard.

The hypothetical country of eurica is experiencing severe competition to its domestic auto industry in the form of foreign imports. many jobs are threatened. eurica places a 25 percent tariff on the price of imported cars. this type of tariff is known as a(n) tariff.