1. Research interest rates for a savings account, checking account, and money market
account at different financial institutions. Note the compounding period for each. How much would $10,000 be worth in each account in 50 years?

2. The state lottery offers to pay winnings in 25 annual payments or one lump sum, sometimes called a cash-out option. This week’s lottery has a jackpot of $30 million and a cash-out value of $18.2 million. Granted that the odds are highly unlikely one would win, which option should a winner take—annual payments or a lump sum? Why?
3. Pick an expensive item you want to buy within the next five years. Using current interest rates, find out how much you would have to save today. List the possible roadblocks to reaching the goal.

First to answer all gets a donation question 3(multiple choice worth 1 points) (04.01 lc) which of the following levels is lower than cells in the hierarchy of organization of living things? molecules organs organ systems tissues question 4(multiple choice worth 1 points) (04.01 lc) which of these represents an individual form of life such as an animal, plant, or single-celled life form? organ organism organ system tissue question 5(multiple choice worth 1 points) (04.03 lc) what are the green structures inside plant cells where photosynthesis takes place called? chloroplast mitochondrion nucleus vacuole question 6(multiple choice worth 1 points) (04.03 lc) which of the following best matches a part of a living cell with the function it performs? cytoplasm: fluid which carries the nucleus and other organelles vacuole: fluid which carries the nucleus and other organelles cytoplasm: directs all of the cell's activities vacuole: directs all of the cell's activities question 7(multiple choice worth 1 points) (04.03 mc) read the table below. organelles of plant cells present in both plants and animals present in plants but not animals small in animals but large in plants organelle a organelle b organelle c which statement is most likely correct? organelle a is chloroplast, organelle b is cytoplasm, and organelle c is nucleus. organelle a is mitochondrion, organelle b is cytoplasm, and organelle c is nucleus. organelle a is cell wall, organelle b is chloroplast, and organelle c is mitochondrion. organelle a is mitochondrion, organelle b is chloroplast, and organelle c is vacuole. question 8(multiple choice worth 1 points) (04.03 mc) what will most likely happen in the absence of a nucleus? genetic information will not be transmitted by the cell. energy will not be released during cellular respiration. the cell will not store food, water, nutrients, and waste. the cell will lose its shape and structure.

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Evaluate the expression for the given value of the variable. | ? 4 b ? 8 | + ? ? ? 1 ? b 2 ? ? + 2 b 3 -4b-8+-1-b2+2b3 ; b = ? 2 b=-2