The pita pit borrowed $198,000 on november 1, 2018, and signed a six-month note bearing interest at 12%. principal and interest are payable in full at maturity on may 1, 2019. in connection with this note, the pita pit should report interest expense at december 31, 2018, in the amount of

Qwest airlines has implemented a program to recycle all plastic drink cups used on their aircraft. their goal is to generate $7 million by the end of the recycle program's five-year life. each recycled cup can be sold for $0.005 (1/2 cent). a. how many cups must be recycled annually to meet this goal? assume uniform annual plastic cup usage and a 0% interest rate. b. repeat part (a) when the annual interest rate is 12%. c. why is the answer to part (b) less than the answer to part (a)?