Eleanor is a divorce attorney who practices law in Dallas. She wants to join the American Divorce Lawyers Association (ADLA), a professional organization for divorce attorneys. The membership dues for the ADLA are $500 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 $4,500 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 8.5%. What is the minimum number of years that Eleanor must remain a member of the ADLA so that the lifetime membership is cheaper (on a present value basis) than paying $500 in annual membership dues? (Note: Round your answer up to the nearest year.)

Part i a company's cereal is not selling well. create a 10-15-question survey that measures customers' preferences for the company's cereal product. then, answer the following questions: how many scale items will you put in the survey? justify your answer. will you use multiple-choice questions? why or why not? how many scale points will you use in the survey? justify your answer. what data type will be used in the survey? justify your answer. part ii as a second part of this assignment, create a set of survey questions, assuming that you sell cars. you are attempting to measure how customers perceive the quality of the cars that you sell. create three survey questions with simple category scales. justify why you selected those questions and scales. create three survey questions with multiple-choice, single-response scales. justify why you selected those questions and scales. create three survey questions with multiple-choice, multiple-response scales. justify why you selected those questions and scales. create three survey questions with likert scale summated ratings. justify why you selected those questions and scales.

On january 1, 2017, fisher corporation purchased 40 percent (90,000 shares) of the common stock of bowden, inc. for $980,000 in cash and began to use the equity method for the investment. the price paid represented a $48,000 payment in excess of the book value of fisher's share of bowden's underlying net assets. fisher was willing to make this extra payment because of a recently developed patent held by bowden with a 15-year remaining life. all other assets were considered appropriately valued on bowden's books. bowden declares and pays a $90,000 cash dividend to its stockholders each year on september 15. bowden reported net income of $400,000 in 2017 and $348,000 in 2018. each income figure was earned evenly throughout its respective year. on july 1, 2018, fisher sold 10 percent (22,500 shares) of bowden's outstanding shares for $338,000 in cash. although it sold this interest, fisher maintained the ability to significantly influence bowden's decision-making process. prepare the journal entries for fisher for the years of 2017 and 2018. (if no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "no journal entry required" in the first account field. do not round intermediate calculations. round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar.)

Newton industries is considering a project and has developed the following estimates: unit sales = 4,800, price per unit = $67, variable cost per unit = $42, annual fixed costs = $11,900. the depreciation is $14,700 a year and the tax rate is 34 percent. what effect would an increase of $1 in the selling price have on the operating cash flow?