On january 1, 2011, sauder corporation signed a five-year noncancelable lease for equipment. the terms of the lease called for sauder to make annual payments of $50,000 at the beginning of each year for five years with title to pass to sauder at the end of this period. the equipment has an estimated useful life of 7 years and no salvage value. sauder uses the straight-line method of depreciation for all of its fixed assets. sauder accordingly accounts for this lease transaction as a capital lease. the minimum lease payments were determined to have a present value of $208,493 at an effective interest rate of 10%.

in 2011, sauder should record interest expense of
a. $15,849
b. $16,600
c. $10,700
d. $15,808.

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?

What two things do you consider when evaluating the time value of money

Select the correct answer. which is a benefit of planning for your future career? a.being less prepared after high school. b.having higher tuition in college. c.earning college credits in high school. d.ruining your chances of having a successful career.