This year samantha gave each of her three nephews birthday gifts of $10,000 in cash. at christmas, samantha gave each of her three nephews christmas gifts of an additional $6,000 in cash. what is the amount of the taxable gifts, if any, made by samantha this year?

Qwest airlines has implemented a program to recycle all plastic drink cups used on their aircraft. their goal is to generate $7 million by the end of the recycle program's five-year life. each recycled cup can be sold for $0.005 (1/2 cent). a. how many cups must be recycled annually to meet this goal? assume uniform annual plastic cup usage and a 0% interest rate. b. repeat part (a) when the annual interest rate is 12%. c. why is the answer to part (b) less than the answer to part (a)?