The biggest problem in managing a checking account occurs when
a. the statement doesn't arrive in time.
b. the account holder writes too many checks.
c. the account holder writes a check in a store and delays a long line of customers.
d. the account holder tries to take out more money than the account contains.

Captain john's yachts, inc., located in fort lauderdale, florida, rents three types of ocean-going boats: sailboats, cabin cruisers, and captain john's favorite, the luxury yachts. captain john advertises his boats with his famous "you rent"we pilot" slogan, which means that the company supplies the captain and crew for each rented boat. each rented boat has one captain, of course, but the crew sizes (deck hands, galley hands, etc.) differ. the crew requirements, in addition to a captain, are one for sailboats, two for cabin cruisers, and three for yachts. ten employees are captains, and an additional 18 employees fill the various crew positions. currently, captain john has rental requests for all his boats: four sailboats, eight cabin cruisers, and three luxury yachts. if captain john's daily profit contribution is $50 for sailboats, $70 for cruisers, and $100 for luxury yachts, how many boats of each type should he rent?

Kumar consulting operates several stock investment portfolios that are used by firms for investment of pension plan assets. last year, one portfolio had a realized return of 12.6 percent and a beta coefficient of 1.15. the average t-bond rate was 7 percent and the realized rate of return on the s& p 500 was 12 percent. what was the portfolio's alpha?

Portia grant is an employee who is paid monthly. for the month of january of the current year, she earned a total of $8,388. the fica tax for social security is 6.2% of the first $118,500 earned each calendar year and the fica tax rate for medicare is 1.45% of all earnings. the futa tax rate of 0.6% and the suta tax rate of 5.4% are applied to the first $7,000 of an employee's pay. the amount of federal income tax withheld from her earnings was $1,391.77. what is the total amount of taxes withheld from the portia's earnings?