Melissa agrees to contribute $500 to the alumni fund at the end of each year for the next 9 years. Shannon wants to match Melissa's gift, but he wants to make a lump-sum contribution. If the current interest rate is 3.5% compounded annually, how much should Shannon contribute to equal Melissa's gift? (Round your answer to the nearest cent.)

Oz makes lion food out of giraffe and gazelle meat. giraffe meat has 18 grams of protein and 36 grams of fat per pound, while gazelle meat has 36 grams of protein and 18 grams of fat per pound. a batch of lion food must contain at least "46,800" grams of protein and 70,200 grams of fat. giraffe meat costs $1/pound and gazelle meat costs $2/pound. how many pounds of each should go into each batch of lion food in order to minimize costs? hint [see example 2.]

Stacy is preparing a product presentation with customer, marketing, and technical content. she will first present it to an engineering audience mainly interested in technical product details. what should she do? select the best option. hide the marketing content slides for the engineering audience. save a new version and delete unwanted slides for this audience. cut and paste all the unwanted slides to the end. create a custom slide show for multiple audiences.

"stars" is one of the four types of employees based on the degree of organizational commitment and task performance. "stars" likely respond to negative events with because they have the desire to improve the status quo and the credibility needed to inspire change.