John begins a retirement program by investing monthly amounts of $185 from his pay and placing it in an account guaranteed to earn 6% interest. (This means the effective monthly rate is 0.5%.) Deposits will be taken from his check at the end of each month, beginning in one month for 42 consecutive years, the time when John expects to retire. Which of the following amounts comes closest to the balance in the account at the time of his retirement?a. $413,000b. $420,000c. $436,000d. $340,000e. $390,000

Consider the following potential events that might have occurred to global on december​ 30, 2016. for each​ one, indicate which line items in​ global's balance sheet would be affected and by how much. also indicate the change to​ global's book value of equity. a. global used $ 19.8$19.8 million of its available cash to repay $ 19.8$19.8 million of its​ long-term debt. b. a warehouse fire destroyed $ 4.9$4.9 million worth of uninsured inventory. c. global used $ 4.6$4.6 million in cash and $ 5.1$5.1 million in new​ long-term debt to purchase a $ 9.7$9.7 million building. d. a large customer owing $ 3.2$3.2 million for products it already received declared​ bankruptcy, leaving no possibility that global would ever receive payment. e. ​global's engineers discover a new manufacturing process that will cut the cost of its flagship product by more than 48 %48%. f. a key competitor announces a radical new pricing policy that will drastically undercut​ global's prices.