Arich relative has bequeathed you a growing perpetuity. the first payment will occur in a year and will be $ 3 comma 000$3,000. each year after that, you will receive a payment on the anniversary of the last payment that is nbsp 4 % 4% larger than the last payment. this pattern of payments will go on forever. assume that the interest rate is 16 %16% 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?

Exercise 2-12 cost behavior; high-low method [lo2-3, lo2-4] speedy parcel service operates a fleet of delivery trucks in a large metropolitan area. a careful study by the company’s cost analyst has determined that if a truck is driven 120,000 miles during a year, the average operating cost is 11.6 cents per mile. if a truck is driven only 80,000 miles during a year, the average operating cost increases to 13.6 cents per mile. required: 1.& 2. using the high-low method, estimate the variable and fixed cost elements of the annual cost of truck operation. (round the "variable cost per mile" to 3 decimal places.)