Today is your birthday, and you decide to start saving for your college education. You will begin college on your 18th birthday and will need $4,000 per year at the end of each of the following 4 years. You will make a deposit 1 year from today in an account paying 12% annually and continue to make an identical deposit each year up to and including the year you begin college.
If a deposit amount of $2,542.05 will allow you to reach your goal, what birthday are you celebrating today?

The balance sheet contains the following major sections: current assets long-term investments property, plant, and equipment intangible assets other assets current liabilities long-term liabilities contributed capital retained earnings accumulated other comprehensive income required: the following is a list of accounts. using the letters a through j, indicate in which section of the balance sheet each of the accounts would be classified. if an account does not belong under one of the sections listed, select "not under any of the choices" from the classification drop down box. for all accounts, indicate if the account is a contra account or an account that would normally be deducted on the balance sheet by selecting "yes" from the second drop down box, otherwise select "no". account classification contra or deducted (yes/no) 1. cash 2. bonds payable (due in 8 years) 3. machinery 4. deficit 5. unexpired insurance 6. franchise (net) 7. fund to retire preferred stock 8. current portion of mortgage payable 9. accumulated depreciation 10. copyrights 11. investment in held-to-maturity bonds 12. allowance for doubtful accounts 13. notes receivable (due in 3 years) 14. property taxes payable 15. deferred taxes payable 16. additional paid-in capital on preferred stock 17. premium on bonds payable (due in 8 years) 18. work in process 19. common stock, $1 par 20. land 21. treasury stock (at cost) 22. unrealized increase in value of available-for-sale securities

Shelby bought her dream car, a 1966 red convertible mustang, with a loan from her credit union. if shelby paid 5.1% and the bank earned a real rate of return of 3.5%, what was the inflation rate over the life of the loan?

When a market is in equilibrium, the buyers are those with the willingness to pay and the sellers are those with the costs.