You are shopping for a new printer to take back to college with you. you decide on the pixma ip100 due to its superior photo print quality and are now looking for the best price. different stores have different deals, plus the manufacturer was offering a $30 mail-in post-purchase rebate. you determined from the canon website that the msrp for the printer was $299 but one online store had it listed for $279. that price included free shipping, which you figured was at least a $20 savings. in addition, the seller included a usb cord necessary to connect the printer to your laptop, which was priced at $25 on canon's website. while the online store paid for shipping, there was a $5 fee to insure the printer during shipping. the online store did take trade-ins of old printers, but you didn't have any used printers to trade anyway. finally, the online store offered a special holiday coupon on this printer that was good for an additional $10 off the price of the printer. if the online store charged $209 for the printer, what percentage discount would you have received from msrp? a) 20%b) 25%c) 30%

The typical consumer's food basket in the base year 2015 is as follows: 30 chickens at $4 each 10 hams at $5 each 10 steaks at $8 each a chicken feed shortage causes the price of chickens to rise to $5.00 each in the year 2016. hams rise to $7.00 each, and the price of steaks is unchanged. a. calculate the change in the "cost-of-eating" index between 2015 and 2016. year cost of the basket 2015 $ 2016 $ instructions: enter your responses rounded to one decimal place. the official cost-of-eating index has by %. b. suppose that consumers are completely indifferent between two chickens and one ham. for this example, how large is the substitution bias in the official "cost-of-eating" index? the in the cost-of-eating index is %. the of inflation in the cost of eating reflects substitution bias.

Nell and kirby are in the process of negotiating their divorce agreement. what should be the tax consequences to nell and kirby if the following, considered individually, became part of the agreement? a. in consideration for her one-half interest in their personal residence, kirby will transfer to nell stock with a value of $200,000 and $50,000 of cash. kirby's cost of the stock was $150,000, and the value of the personal residence is $500,000. they purchased the residence three years ago for $300,000.nell's basis for the stock is $ xkirby's basis in the house is $ xb. nell will receive $1,000 per month for 120 months. if she dies before receiving all 120 payments, the remaining payments will be made to her estate.the payments (qualify, do not qualify) as alimony and are (included in, excluded from) nell's gross income as they are received.c. nell is to have custody of their 12-year-old son, bobby. she is to receive $1,200 per month until bobby (1) dies or (2) attains age 21 (whichever occurs first). after either of these events occurs, nell will receive only $300 per month for the remainder of her life.$ x per month is alimony that is (included in, excluded from) nell's gross income, and the remaining $ x per month is considered (child support, property settlement) and is (nontaxable, taxable) to nell.

Identify and describe a variety of performance rating scales that can be used in organizations including graphical scales, letter scales, and numeric scales.