The desire to own something and the ability and willingness to pay for it

Companies in the u.s. car rental market vary greatly in terms of the size of the fleet, the number of locations, and annual revenue. in 2011 hertz had 320,000 cars in service and annual revenue of approximately $4.2 billion. the following data show the number of cars in service (1000s) and the annual revenue ($ millions) for six smaller car rental companies (auto rental news website, august 7, 2012). excel file: data14-09.xls if required, enter negative values as negative numbers. a. select a scatter diagram with the number of cars in service as the independent variable. b. what does the scatter diagram developed in part (a) indicate about the relationship between the two variables? c. use the least squares method to develop the estimated regression equation (to 3 decimals). ŷ = + x d. for every additional car placed in service, estimate how much annual revenue will change. by $ e. fox rent a car has 11,000 cars in service. use the estimated regression equation developed in part (c) to predict annual revenue for fox rent a car. round your answer to nearest whole value. $ million hide feedback partially correct

Melissa is a very generous single woman. before this year, she had given over $11,400,000 in taxable gifts over the years and has completely exhausted her applicable credit amount. in the current year, melissa gave her daughter riley $100,000 and promptly filed her gift tax return. melissa did not make any other gifts this year. how much gift tax must riley pay the irs because of this transaction?

The mccolls have made an offer on a new home. the home is new construction and scheduled to be completed by the end of the year. they provide a purchase deposit--a check in the amount of $40,000--to their agent, suzette. suzette, at the broker's direction, deposits the earnest money in the broker's trust fund account within two business days of receipt of the funds. did suzette follow the proper procedures? a. no, the check should not have been cashed. if a check is used as an earnest money deposit, it is to be held until acceptance of the offer. the seller must also be informed the buyer's check is being held and not negotiated.b. yes, suzette deposited the earnest money in the broker's trust fund account as directed. she also deposited the check within three business days of receipt. unless there were written instructions to hold the check until acceptance of the offer, the check may be cashed.c. no, suzette needed to deposit the earnest money in the broker's trust fund account within two days of receipt, not necessarily two business days.d. both a and c