consider the following scenario: you have been working as an assistant manager in mimi and jasmine's (m& j) warehouse. m& j is an innovative cosmetics company that was started several years ago by two women. because fulfilling small orders is not what you envision for your career, you have begun to study business. you have recently learned that the owners of m& j are interested in selling the business. you are interested in buying the company, so based on the advice of a small business consultant at the local chamber of commerce, you decide to put together a business plan to secure a loan.

Qwest airlines has implemented a program to recycle all plastic drink cups used on their aircraft. their goal is to generate $7 million by the end of the recycle program's five-year life. each recycled cup can be sold for $0.005 (1/2 cent). a. how many cups must be recycled annually to meet this goal? assume uniform annual plastic cup usage and a 0% interest rate. b. repeat part (a) when the annual interest rate is 12%. c. why is the answer to part (b) less than the answer to part (a)?

In 2018, laureen is currently single. she paid $2,800 of qualified tuition and related expenses for each of her twin daughters sheri and meri to attend state university as freshmen ($2,800 each for a total of $5,600). sheri and meri qualify as laureen’s dependents. laureen also paid $1,900 for her son ryan’s (also laureen’s dependent) tuition and related expenses to attend his junior year at state university. finally, laureen paid $1,200 for herself to attend seminars at a community college to her improve her job skills.what is the maximum amount of education credits laureen can claim for these expenditures in each of the following alternative scenarios? a. laureen's agi is $45,000.b. laureen’s agi is $95,000.c. laureen’s agi is $45,000 and laureen paid $12,000 (not $1,900) for ryan to attend graduate school (i.e, his fifth year, not his junior year).

Experts are particularly concerned about four strategic metal resources that are important for the u.s. economy and military strength, and that must be imported. what percentage does the u.s. import? *