Drew receives an inheritance that pays him $50,000 every three months for the next two years. which of the following is closest to the present value (pv) of this inheritance if the interest rate is 8.5% (ear)?

a) $400,000
b) $365,322
c) $364,309
d) $354,223

John novosel was employed by nationwide insurance company for fifteen years. novosel had been a model employee and, at the time of discharge, was a district claims manager and a candidate for the position of division claims manager. during novosel's fifteenth year of employment, nationwide circulated a memorandum requesting the participation of all employees in an effort to lobby the pennsylvania state legislature for the passage of a certain bill before the body. novosel, who had privately indicated his disagreement with nationwide's political views, refused to lend his support to the lobby, and his employment with nationwide was terminated. novosel brought two separate claims against nationwide, arguing, first, that his discharge for refusing to lobby the state legislature on behalf of nationwide constituted the tort of wrongful discharge in that it was arbitrary, malicious, and contrary to public policy. novosel also contended that nationwide breached an implied contract guaranteeing continued employment so long as his job performance was satisfactory. what decision as to each claim?

Nnette henri is paid an hourly wage of $8.90 for a 32-hour workweek of 4 days, 8 hours daily. for any work on the fifth day and on saturdays, she is paid one and one-half times her regular hourly rate. during a certain week, in addition to her regular 32 hours, henri worked 6 hours on the fifth day and 5 hours on saturday. for this workweek, henri’s total earnings are:

Bathlinks corporation has a debt to assets ratio of 73%. this tells the user of bathlinks’s financial statements that a. bathlinks is getting a 27% return on its assets. b. there is a risk that bathlinks cannot pay its debts as they come due. c. 73% of the assets are financed by the stockholders. d. based on this measure, the user should not invest in bathlinks.