In January 2017, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) noted that its “estimate of the deficit for 2017 has decreased since August 2016.” The CBO also noted that its “economic forecast underlies its budget projections.”

Why would the CBO’s forecast of future levels of GDP and employment matter for its forecasts of future federal budget deficits?

Three students are painting an art mural. The art mural is half painted.

Use the picture after Exercise 4. Divide the painted area into 3 equal parts.

Use the skills covered in the Brief Review to solve the following equations.

$$(t / 3)^2=16$$

Two literary movements arose in the United States during the 1920s-works by writers who were part of the Lost Generation and works by writers who represented the Harlem Renaissance. What factors after the war shaped these movements?

Write a one-page story showing how a teen can use refusal skills to avoid getting into a car with a driver who has been drinking.

Complete the sentence in a way that shows you understand the meaning of the italicized vocabulary word. You should first hone your skills if you plan to...

Fill each blank with the correct form of good, well, bad, or badly.
All seventeen members felt _____about helping each other improve their skills.

In 2009, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense projected that a critical International Defense Construction Cost Index would increase from its value then of 3423 to 4098 in 2016. If the actual value in 2016 was 5167, (a) what was the actual building cost inflation rate between 2009 and 2016, and (b) what was the increase in the inflation rates between projected and actual?

On July 1, 2012, Hallo Corporation, a wholesaler of communication equipment, issued $34,000,000 of 20-year, 12% bonds at a market (effective) interest rate of 13%, receiving cash of$31,595,241. Interest on the bonds is payable semiannually on December 31 and June 30. The fiscal year of the company is the calendar year.

Instructions

1. Journalize the entry to record the amount of cash proceeds from the sale of the bonds.
2. Journalize the entries to record the following: a. The first semiannual interest payment on December 31, 2012, and the amortization of the bond discount, using the interest method. (Round to the nearest dollar.) b. The interest payment on June 30, 2013, and the amortization of the bond discount, using the interest method. (Round to the nearest dollar.)
3. Determine the total interest expense for 2012.

The question below contains a vocabulary word from this lesson. Answer the question in "yes" or "no".

Would you want your surgeon to possess good $manual$ skills?

In a chart, show the similarities and differences between the skills-related fitness used to play baseball and hockey.

A pediatrician's office has two doors that are similar rectangles: one for adults and one for children. The larger door has a base of 4 ft and a height of 6.5 ft. The smaller door has a base of 3 ft. Which of the following best represents the length of a diagonal on the smaller door? C. 5.1 ft, D. 5.7 ft.

Abby, Deborah, Julie, Sam, and Roberto work in a firm's public relations office. Their employer must choose two of them to attend a conference in Paris. To avoid unfairness, the choice will be made by drawing two names from a hat. (This is an SRS of size 2.) Write down all possible choices of two of the five names. This is the sample space.

Without doing any calculations, rank from smallest to largest the approximations of $\int_1^6 \frac{1}{x} d x$ for the following methods: left Riemann sum, midpoint Riemann sum, Trapezoidal rule.