Your money is tied up and you need to borrow $10,000. The following two alternatives are being offered by the lender: (1) pay $3,288.91 at the end of each year for 5 years, starting at the end of the first year (5 payments total at 18 percent nominal per year compounded quarterly which equates to 19.25% effective); or (2) pay $X at the end of each quarter for 6 years, starting at the end of the first quarter (24 payments total at 18 percent nominal per year compounded quarterly). Determine the value of $X that will make Alternative 2 equally desirable to Alternative 1 if a. your TVOM is 8% nominal per year compounded.
b. your TVOM is 22% nominal per year compounded quarterly.

Analyzing operational changes operating results for department b of delta company during 2016 are as follows: sales $540,000 cost of goods sold 378,000 gross profit 162,000 direct expenses 120,000 common expenses 66,000 total expenses 186,000 net loss $(24,000) suppose that department b could increase physical volume of product sold by 10% if it spent an additional $18,000 on advertising while leaving selling prices unchanged. what effect would this have on the department's net income or net loss? (ignore income tax in your calculations.) use a negative sign to indicate a net loss answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers. sales $answer cost of goods sold answer gross profit answer direct expenses answer common expenses answer total expenses answer net income (loss) $answer