John borrowed $3,000 from his bank for one year at 4%. If the rate of inflation turned out to be 6%, what can you say about the bank's purchasing power from this operation, when the loan is paid back? O A. The bank's real purchasing power increased by 1.92%. O B. The bank's real purchasing power decreased by 10.24%. O C. The bank's real purchasing power decreased by 2.00%. O D. The bank's real purchasing power decreased by 1.89%.

There are 300 individuals in Latvaria. Of these, 75 are younger than 16, 5 are in prison, and 20 are in the hospital (there is no armed forces in Latvaria). There are 110 employed individuals and 10 unemployed individuals. What is the LFPR, expressed as a percentage (DO NOT INCLUDE THE PERCENT SIGN IN YOUR ANSWER. ROUND YOUR ANSWER TO THE NEAREST WHOLE NUMBER)?

In October 2015, amid rising fears about the security of credit card transactions, financial institutions and businesses made the transition to using chip cards. Unlike the quick swipe of a magnetic stripe on the back of traditional credit and debit cards, chip cards have to be left inside the terminal while the embedded chip verifies the transaction. While there is no consistent method for measuring transaction speed, news agencies report average chip speeds of anywhere from 8 seconds to 13 seconds. The switch to chip readers was precarious, with many businesses taping over the chip card slots in the terminals until the kinks were worked out. Even after a year, some businesses still could not process chips and continued to utilize the magnetic stripe for transactions. Financial institutions thought the additional security benefits of the chips would overshadow the added wait times. Yet a survey conducted by Harbortouch, a leading point-of-sale company, in 2016 showed that nearly four…