The price of a share of stock in XYZ Corporation was $74 two weeks ago. Seven weeks ago, the price was$59 a share.

a. Write a linear equation to find the price $p$ of a share of XYZ Corporation stock $w$ weeks from now.

b. Estimate the price of a share of stock five weeks ago.

A certain stock showed a loss of 3.2 points per share, or $3.20 per share, on Monday. On Tuesday each share of that stock lost four and a quarter times Monday's loss. What was the loss on Tuesday?

In the midst of a cyclical slump in the home furnishings industry, Harte Textiles, Inc., a manufacturer of custom upholstery textiles, is worried about protecting the wealth of its stockholders. The business has consistently paid out $2.00 in dividends with a target payout ratio of 40%. A share repurchase recommendation from management is being prepared to be made to the company's board of directors. The following information was obtained throughout the last two years:

$$\begin{array}{lrr} & {2011} & {2012} \\ \hline \text { Earnings available for common stockholders } & \$ 1,260,000 & \$ 1,200,000 \\ \text { Number of shares outstanding } & 300,000 & 300,000 \\ \text { Earnings per share } & \$ 4.20 & \$ 4.00 \\ \text { Market price per share } & \$ 23.50 & \$ 20.00 \\ \text { Pricelearnings ratio } & 5.6 & 5.0 \end{array}$$

If the business expects to pay a $2.00 dividend and have$1,200,000 in earnings available for common stockholders in 2012, and its desired payout ratio is 40%, how many shares should it have outstanding in that year?

The price-earnings ratio, P/E, of a company is the ratio of the market value of one share of the company's outstanding common stock to the earnings per share. If P/E increases by 15% and the earnings per share decrease by 10%, determine the percentage change in the market value per share of the common stock.

GfK Roper Reports Worldwide surveyed people, requesting them, "How important is acquiring wealth to you?" The percent who responded that it was of more than average importance were: $71.9 \%$ China, $59.6 \%$ France, $76.1 \%$ India, $45.5 \%$ U.K., and $45.3 \%$ U.S. There were about 1500 respondents per country.

e) Write a few sentences defining what you have learned about attitudes toward acquiring wealth.

What term do psychologists use to describe our tendency to search for evidence that supports our opinion?

Identify any bias in each survey question. Isn't our local government not aware of our current traffic problems?

Men of Fortune During the era in which this story takes place, the top leaders of business and industry often gained national prominence due to their vast wealth and influence. Investigate one of the following men from that era: John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt, or J. P. Morgan. Explain how your subject became wealthy and whether he used his wealth to help others.

Why do pairs of atoms share pairs (or multiples of pairs) of electrons? Why not share odd numbers ?

Write an expression for the situation. Each person’s share if p people share 16 slices of pizza equally

Name the property that liquids and solids share. What property do liquids and gases share?

In 2009, Pizza Hut, Domino’s, and Papa John’s accounted for 28% of the market share of pizza sales in the United States. The combined market share of Domino’s and Papa John’s equaled that of Pizza Hut, and Papa John’s market share was 2% less than Domino’s. Find the market share for each company.

Information concerning O’Sadnick, Inc., on December 31, 2013, is as follows:

What is O’Sadnick, Inc.’s dividend payout ratio for 2013? a. 4.16% b. 6.25% c. 25% d. 50%

A typical white-dwarf star, which once was an average star like our Sun but is now in the last stage of its evolution, is the size of our Moon but has the mass of our Sun. What is the surface gravity on this star?