⅞ January 26, 2017 Benefits of a Low Bodyfat Percentage Obesity is ranked second among preventable causes of death. About 70% of American adults are either overweight or obese. Being obese or overweight puts the host at a higher risk for health problems such as heart disease, diabetes, and much more (Alonso-Alonso). When I found out about this jaw dropping information, I decided to take action and I made it my goal to maintain a low body fat percentage over the course of two weeks (I will be sharing
Time Value of Money 1) A store offers two payment plans. Under the installment plan, you pay 20% down and 20% of the purchase price in each of the next 4 years. If you pay the entire bill immediately, you can take a 5% discount from the purchase price. | a. | Calculate the present value of the payments, if you can borrow or lend funds at a 7% interest rate. Assume the product sells for $100. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) | Present value
S. Energy Information Administration). The IPAA also reminded Congress that marginal wells are expensive to operate and revenue barely covers operating costs. Percentage depletion allows the operator to retain more of the marginal well’s revenue. Obviously the goal for the oil and gas producer is to make more money and using percentage depletion will help the producer reach that goal. The goal of permanent tax differences is to encourage desirable behavior or discourage undesirable behavior.
Tonya’s percentage in the salaries and benefits should be at 70% to 80%. If Tonya’s goal is to have a high quality program she needs to give an appropriate salary to her employees. If the program that Tonya is working for has an infant program then she would have to work with the high cost of running it. Therefore, it is an “approximately 70 percent of your operating budget will be spent on staff salaries and benefits.” The food percentage should be at a higher percentage because the cost of the
Return on equity (ROE): It measured how much profit is generated in net income for every dollar invested in equity capital. In the 2015, the ROE for Nordstrom decreased to 24.59%. But in the 2014 is 34.62%, and in the 2013 this number is 38.37%. That means Nordstrom’s profitability goes down. However, in the 2015 Nordstrom payed more dividend to its investors. And this number became 1,185 million. It is almost 5 times as many as 2014. And no retention in 2015. In 2015, the total assets of Nordstrom
purpose for this experiment is to ensure our understanding of percentage composition, as well as prepare us for writing more in-depth lab reports later on. Our objective was to find the percentage composition (by mass) of an Oreo cookie. From closely inspecting the Oreo cookie, my hypothesis was that the per cent composition of the Oreo cookie is 60% chocolate wafer and 40% cream. This hypothesis is mainly based on visuals, however since percentage composition is measured through mass, the cookies cover
Q.R.1 It is often said that a good theory is one that can be refuted by an empirical, data-oriented study. Explain why a theory that cannot be evaluated empirically is not a good theory. Theory, whether in economics or sciences, helps ones predict and succeed in explaining on what they intend to explain relies on convincing assumptions. However, accuracy and validity of theories are important as the more accuracy in the theory, the more success in whatever business or science. Hence, all theories
Nichelle McClain Prof. Shaner GSW 1110 15 November 2010 Higher Percentage of Minority Inmates There are over millions of people incarcerated but African Americans and Latinos make up most of the prison population. To attempt to stop certain problems, the criminal justice system just put people behind bars and expects that everything will be fine, when in reality it isn’t because now the jails are becoming overcrowded. Dealing with the drug war, racial profiling, and people growing up in low-income
Remington’s Steakhouse Project Brian Jones Research Methods & Applications Dr. Jones August 25, 2011 Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 List of Tables 3 Introduction 4 The Research Objectives 4 The Research Questions 5 Literature Review 6 Answers to Research Questions 8 Recommendations to Remington’s 15 References 18 Annotated Bibliography 19 Appendix(ces) 22 List of Tables Table 1 Demographic Description of the Average Remington’s Patron9 Table 2 Reported Income by Remington’s
BUSINESS AND TRANSFER TAXATION 6th Edition (BY: VALENCIA & ROXAS) 105 SUGGESTED ANSWERS Chapter 14: OTHER PERCENTAGE TAXES CHAPTER 14 PERCENTAGE TAXES Problem 14–1 1. False – 3% of gross sales or gross receipts. 2. False – business tax. 3. False – advalorem tax. 4. False – if the business is VAT-registered or engaged in business tax-exempt transactions, it shall not be subject to 3% OPT. Also not all OPT rate is 3%. 5. False – Non-VAT business is not allowed to have Input VAT. 6. True