An engineer borrowed $3000 from the bank, payable in six equal end-of-year payments at 8 %. the bank agreed to reduce the interest on the loan if interest rates declined before the loan was fully repaid. after the third payment, the bank agreed to reduce the interest rate on the remaining debt to 61/4%. what was the amount of the equal annual end-of-year pay­ ments for each of the first 3 years? what was the amount of the equal annual end-of-year payments for each of the last 3 years?

Consider the scenario below and let us know if you believe lauren smith's actions to be ethical. let us know why or why not. lauren smith is the controller for sports central, a chain of sporting goods stores. she has been asked to recommend a site for a new store. lauren has an uncle who owns a shopping plaza in the area of town where the new store is to be located, so she decides to contact her uncle about leasing space in his plaza. lauren also contacted several other shopping plazas and malls, but her uncle’s store turned out to be the most economical place to lease. therefore, lauren recommended locating the new store in her uncle’s shopping plaza. in making her recommendation to management, she did not disclose that her uncle owns the shopping plaza. if management decided to go with lauren's uncle's plaza, what additional information would be needed in the financial statements?