Martha leaves an estate of 500,000. Interest on this estate is paid to John for the first X years at the end of each year. Karen receives annual interest payments from the end of year X+1 forever. At an annual effective interest rate of 5%, the present value of Karen's interest payments is 1.59 times the present value of John's. Calculate X.

Brody corp. uses a process costing system in which direct materials are added at the beginning of the process and conversion costs are incurred uniformly throughout the process. beginning inventory for january consisted of 1,050 units that were 65% completed. 10,900 units were started into the process during january. on january 31, the inventory consisted of 500 units that were 50% completed. what would be the equivalent units for direct materials cost using the weighted average method?