A rich relative has bequeathed you a growing perpetuity. The first payment will occur in a year and will be $ 4 comma 000. Each year after that, you will receive a payment on the anniversary of the last payment that is nbsp 4 % larger than the last payment. This pattern of payments will go on forever. Assume that the interest rate is 13 % per year. a. What is today's value of the bequest? b. What is the value of the bequest immediately after the first payment is made?

Slimwood corporation made sales of $ 725 million during 2018. of this amount, slimwood collected cash for $ 670 million. the company's cost of goods sold was $ 300 million, and all other expenses for the year totaled $ 400 million. also during 2018, slimwood paid $ 420 million for its inventory and $ 285 million for everything else. beginning cash was $ 110 million. carter's top management is interviewing you for a job and they ask two questions: (a) how much was carter's net income for 2018? (b) how much was carter's cash balance at the end of 2016? you will get the job only if you answer both questions correctly.