The marketing managers at Omaha Steaks used airlines' databases to mail a special offer to frequent flyers. Eight weeks after shipping the steaks to the frequent flyers who placed orders as a result of the initial offer, the company's salespeople followed up by telephoning customers to ask for new orders. This is an example of which two types of non-store retailing? a. direct mail and telemarketing b. direct selling and telemarketing c. telemarketing and online retailing d. online retailing and automatic vending

Afinancial institution, the thriftem bank, is in the process of formulating its loan policy for the next quarter. a total of $12 million is allocated for that purpose. being a full-service facility, the bank is obligated to grant loans to different clientele. the following table provides the types of loans, the interest rate charged by the bank, and the possibility of bad debt as estimated from past experience.type of loaninterest rateprobability of bad debtpersonal.140.10car.130.07home.120.03farm.125.05commercial.100.02 bad debts are assumed unrecoverable and hence produce no interest revenue either. competition with other financial institutions in the area requires that the bank allocate at least 40% of the total funds to farm and commercial loans. to assist the housing industry in the region, home loans must equal at least 50% of the personal, car, and home loans. the bank also has a stated policy specifying that the overall ratio for bad debts on all loans may not exceed .04. formulate this problem as a linear program. define your variables clearly and write all the constraints explaining the significance of each.

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What’s the present value of a perpetuity that pays $250 per year if the appropriate interest rate is 5%? $4,750 $5,000 $5,250 $5,513 $5,788what is the present value of the following cash flow stream at a rate of 8.0%, rounded to the nearest dollar? cash flows: today (t = 0) it is $750, after one year (t = 1) it is $2,450, at t = 2 it is $3,175, and at t=3 it is $4,400. draw a time line. $7,917 $8,333 $8,772 $9,233 $9,695