Plz tell me how to calculate! patrick has successfully invested in a growing tech company. three years ago he invested $10,000 in the company through a broker. now he has decided to sell his stock. the value of his stock is now at $17,000. here are the taxes and fees associated with his investment: annual brokerage fee: $25 state tax: 5% of profit federal tax: 25% of profit inflation rate: 1% per year the state tax patrick must pay on the initial profit is . the federal tax he must pay on the initial profit is . the inflation on the amount remaining after taxes is . as a result, the real value of patrick’s profit is .

The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?

The returns on the common stock of maynard cosmetic specialties are quite cyclical. in a boom economy, the stock is expected to return 22 percent in comparison to 9 percent in a normal economy and a negative 14 percent in a recessionary period. the probability of a recession is 35 percent while the probability of a boom is 10 percent. what is the standard deviation of the returns on this stock?

You meet that special person and get married. amazingly your spouse has exactly the same income you do 47,810. if your tax status is now married filing jointly what is your tax liability