Granite enterprises acquired a patent from southern research corporation on 1/1/09 for $3.8 million. the patent will be used for five years, and its legal life is 20 years. compute granite's patent amortization for 2009, assuming that the straight-line method is used.

In three to four sentences, explain the effect of a price ceiling on the quantity of a good and who this intervention intends to assist

Your parents have accumulated a $170,000 nest egg. they have been planning to use this money to pay college costs to be incurred by you and your sister, courtney. however, courtney has decided to forgo college and start a nail salon. your parents are giving courtney $20,000 to her get started, and they have decided to take year-end vacations costing $8,000 per year for the next four years. use 8 percent as the appropriate interest rate throughout this problem. use appendix a and appendix d for an approximate answer, but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. a. how much money will your parents have at the end of four years to you with graduate school, which you will start then?

Suppose jamal purchases a pair of running shoes online for $60. if his state has a sales tax on clothing of 6 percent, how much is he required to pay in state sales tax?