John owns a corporate bond with a coupon rate of 8% that matures in 10 years. Bill owns a corporate bond with a coupon rate of 12% that matures in 25 years. If interest rates go down, then:

A. the value of John's bond will decrease and the value of Bill's bond will increase.
B. the value of both bonds will increase.
C. the value of Bill's bond will decrease more than the value of John's bond due to the longer time to maturity.
D. the value of both bonds will remain the same because they were both purchased in an earlier time period before the interest rate changed.

If a product goes up in price, and the demand for it drops, that product's demand is a. elastic b. inelastic c. stable d. fixed select the best answer from the choices provided

Turrubiates corporation makes a product that uses a material with the following standards standard quantity 8.0 liters per unit standard price $2.50 per liter standard cost $20.00 per unit the company budgeted for production of 3,800 units in april, but actual production was 3,900 units. the company used 32,000 liters of direct material to produce this output. the company purchased 20,100 liters of the direct material at $2.6 per liter. the direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. the materials quantity variance for april is:

Which of the following occupations relate to a skill category of words and literacy