Kathy myers frequently purchases stocks and bonds, but she is uncertain how to determine the rate of return that she is earning. for example, three years ago she paid $13,000 for 200 shares of malti company's common stock. she received a $420 cash dividend on the stock at the end of each year for three years. at the end of three years, she sold the stock for $16,000. kathy would like to earn a return of at least 14% on all of her investments. she is not sure whether the malti company stock provided a 14% return and would like some with the necessary computations. (ignore income taxes.)

$527.7.if the following was the question  $527.7 is the answer.students who are trying to raise funds have an agreement with a local pizza chain. the chain has agreed to sell them pizzas at a discount, which the students can then resell to families in the local community for a profit. it is expected that of the 500 families in the community, at most 70% will buy pizza. based on a survey of their personal preferences, the students believe that they should order no more than 120 cheese pizzas, no more than 150 pepperoni pizzas, and no more than 100 vegetarian pizzas. they also want to make sure that at least 20% of the total pizzas are cheese and at least 50% of the pizzas are pepperoni. they make a profit of $1.45, $1.75, and $1.98, respectively, for each cheese, pepperoni, and vegetarian pizza they resell. how many pizzas of each type should they buy?