Define variables and write a system of equations for the situation. Solve using substitution. A farmer grows only sunflowers and flax on his 240-acre farm. This year he wants to plant 80 more acres of sunflowers than of flax. How many acres of each crop does the farmer need to plant?

Assume you are the supervisor in a car assembly plant where each car produced needs one body and four wheels. You learn that the plant has 200 bodies and 900 wheels. How many cars can be made from this inventory? (How does this problem fit in with the law of definite proportions?)

A multicellular plant called a primrose. List three conclusions you can make about the primrose as a living thing.

Stan Walker is comparing treasury bills currently yielding $5 \%$ compounded semiannually to a mutual fund with stocks that he believes will yield $8 \%$ compounded semiannually. Find the future value of an annuity with deposits of $\$ 600$ every 6 months for 10 years for (a) the CDs and (b) the mutual fund. (c) Find the difference. $\text{(a)}\qquad\underline{\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad}$ $\text{(b)}\qquad\underline{\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad}$ $\text{(c)}\qquad\underline{\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad}$

Use the following information to create a statement of net worth:

$$\begin{matrix} \text{House} & \text{293,000}\\ \text{General savings} & \text{68,000}\\ \text{College fund} & \text{39,000}\\ \text{Retirement fund} & \text{92,000}\\ \text{Car} & \text{12,500}\\ \text{Mortgage owed} & \text{134,600}\\ \text{Credit card debt} & \text{1,940}\\ \text{Balance on student loans} & \text{18,670}\\ \text{Equity loan for home improvement} & \text{30,000}\\ \end{matrix}$$

You are comparing 2 companies in the same industry. You have determined that Ace Corp. depreciates its plant assets over a 40-year life, whereas Liu Corp. depreciates its plant assets over a 20-year life. Discuss the implications this has for comparing the results of the two companies.

Mutual Fund Table presented shows how an initial investment of $\$ 10,000$ on December $31,1977$ , grew over time.
Merrill Lynch Capital Fund

$$\begin{array}{cc} \hline \text{Year} & \text{Amount (dollars)} \\ \hline 1990 & 74,240 \\ 1991 & 92,570 \\ 1992 & 97,225 \\ 1993 & 110,551 \\ 1994 & 111,561 \\ 1995 & 148,226 \\ \hline \end{array}$$

Find the power regression equation for the data in Table presented. Let $x=0$ represent $1970, x=1$ represent $1971,$ and so forth.

The accompanying table shows a portion of the annual return (in %) for the Fidelity Select Technology Fund and Fidelity Select Energy Fund from $2000$ through $2016$

$$\begin{array}{|c|c|c|} \hline \text { Year } & \text { Technology } & \text { Energy } \\ \hline 2000 & -32.30 & 31.77 \\ \hline 2001 & -31.70 & -11.97 \\ \hline \vdots & \vdots & \vdots \\ \hline 2016 & 11.94 & 33.84 \\ \hline \end{array}$$

Use a risk-free rate of 2% to compare the Sharpe ratios of the two funds.

Diverse plant communities have many species representing a variety of plant types such as grasses, shrubs, succulents, hardwood trees, softwood trees, vines, and ferns. What factors increase a community's diversity? Age of the community? Energy input? Moisture? Nutrients? Disturbance? Human activity? How do they do so?

Evaluate the significance of the structural adaptations of the white potato. How does a tuber enable the plant to survive unfavorable conditions?

At December 31, 2020, Redmond Company has out- standing three long-term debt issues. The first is a $2,000,000 note payable which matures June 30, 2023. The second is a$6,000,000 bond issue which matures September 30, 2024. The third is a $12,500,000 sinking fund debenture with annual sinking fund payments of$2,500,000 in each of the years 2022 through 2026

Instructions

Prepare the required note disclosure for the long-term debt at December 31, 2020.

A company has purchased a tract of land and expects to build a production plant on the land in approximately 5 years. During the 5 years before construction, the land will be idle. Under IFRS, the land should be reported as:

a. land expense.

b. property, plant, and equipment.

c. an intangible asset.

d. a long-term investment.

The Investments Fund sells Class A shares with a front-end load of 6% and Class B shares with 12b-1 fees of .5% annually as well as back-end load fees that start at 5% and fall by 1% for each full year the investor holds the portfolio (until the fifth year). Assume the portfolio rate of return net of operating expenses is 10% annually. If you plan to sell the fund after four years, are Class A or Class B shares the better choice for you?

If you were to compare the function of a cell to the function of a city, which of the following organelles would be the city's power plant?(Hint: Step 1. Identify the function of each organelle. Step 2. Compare each organelle's function to the function of a power plant.) A. nucleus B. lysosome C. mitochondrion D. Golgi complex