Read the excerpt from the body paragraph of an argumentative essay about entrepreneurs and free enterprise. in a free enterprise system, companies can become more successful by beating their competitors in service and pricing. mary kay ash's innovative business plan used her reduced costs and her loyal, home-based sales team to beat the competition at providing cosmetics to american women. why is this excerpt an example of a strong argument? it provides a citation as evidence to support the claim. it states a counterclaim and demonstrates why it is incorrect. it includes a clear topic sentence and provides effective support it is nonspecific so that readers can provide their own interpretations.

At the beginning of the accounting period, nutrition incorporated estimated that total fixed overhead cost would be $50,600 and that sales volume would be 10,000 units. at the end of the accounting period actual fixed overhead was $56,100 and actual sales volume was 11,000 units. nutrition uses a predetermined overhead rate and a cost plus pricing model to establish its sales price. based on this information the overhead spending variance is multiple choice $5,500 favorable. $440 favorable. $5,500 unfavorable. $440 unfavorable.

Which of the following best explains cost-push inflation? a. increasing wages for workers drive up the cost of production, forcing producers to charge more to meet their costs. b. consumers demand goods faster than they can be supplied, increasing competition among buyers. c. rising prices for goods and services reduce spending power and cut into consumer demand. d. wages drop so that workers have to spend a higher percentage of income on the cost of necessities.2b2t

Suppose that jim plans to borrow money for an education at texas a& m university. jim will need to borrow $25,000 at the end of each year for the next five years (total=$125,000). jim wishes his parents could pay for his education but they can’t. at least, he qualifies for government loans with a reduced interest rate while he is in school. he has a special arrangement with aggiebank to lend him the money at a subsidized rate of 1% over five years without having to make a payment until the end of the fifth year. however, at the end of the fifth year, jim agrees to pay off the loan by borrowing from longhorn bank. longhorn bank will lend him the money he needs at an annual interest rate of 6%. jim agrees to pay back the longhorn bank with 20 annual payments and the payments will be uniform (equal annual payments including principal and interest). (i) calculate how much money jim has to borrow at the end of 5 years to pay off the loan with aggiebank. a. $121,336 b. $127,525 c. $125,000 d. $102,020 e. none of the above