A new 5-axis milling machine is purchased for $`B` and will be scrapped after `n` years. Using double declining balance method, what is the book value of the machine in year `n2`? Margin of error +/- $1,000 Be sure to include cents in your submission.

Pedro and Raven just had a daughter. In effort to start saving for her college fund they estimate about $`A` each year of college. They are being very positive and assuming it will only take her 4 years. She will begin college at the beginning of the 18th year from now. Since having a baby is so expensive they will start making deposits in 2 years (the first payment will be made at the beginning of year 3). What uniform annual deposit do Pedro and Raven need to put into account that earns `i`% annual interest so that their daughter will have the $`A` available each year of her program? Margin of error +/- $100 Hint: Move the 4 years of college payments to one lump sum at the end of year 17 (which is the beginning of year 18). Then find the annual payments you need make in years 3 to 17 to have the PV of the 4 years of college at the end of year 17.

You take out a student loan of $`P` to pay for your college tuition. The loan has an advertised market interest rate of `i`%. If the expected inflation rate is `f`%, what is the real interest rate of the loan?   Margin of error +/- 0.001 Enter your value with 2 decimal places.  Enter your answer as a PERCENT. So if the answer is 10.12%, you should enter 10.12

A company has an annual revenue of $850,000. The business expenses for the year are $`exp` and claims $`dep` in depreciation expenses. Using the table below, how much does the company pay in federal income tax? Margin of error +/- 1 Enter your value with 2 decimal places.  Taxable Income Federal Tax % 0 – $15,000 12% $15,001 – $35,000 22% $35,001 – $50,000 24% $50,001 – $75,000 32% $75,000 – $150,000 35% Over $150,001   37%

Gainesville is a growing city. So when you graduate you decide to buy a lot just outside of town. You pay $`P` for the lot when you graduate. You then pay $`t` in property taxes each year. Four (4) years later you are ready to sell the lot. You sell it for $`F`. What rate of return did you earn on the lot. Hint: You will need to use the interpolation formula. Use i1 = 12% and i2 = 15% Margin of error +/- 0.005 Enter your answer up to 4 decimal places.

When accessing the Turnitin feature for written assignments, what percentage do you feel would indicate plagiarism? 

Discussions are a great way to facilitate engagement between students. What ways can you think of that can set expectations for student engagement and to increase that engagement throughout the discussion (from setting criteria to student participation to faculty involvement)?  What requirements would you established and how involved would you be, as the instructor? How did you find your experience grading and responding to the discussion in your Sandbox?  Any issues/questions?

The following course description for MTH250 is found in in STEP 2 Task for updating the syllabus. This course focuses on the study of descriptive and inferential calculus and techniques, including measures of central tendency, sampling, figures, square roots, correlation, regression, and ANOVA. Go to the most Current Thomas University Catalog (link) and compare the course description.  Are these two the same?  If not-provide the discrepancies.

What is the grade that you will enter into the “Total” column as a FINAL GRADE for your TestStudentK from your Sandbox course shell? What assessment(s) was problematic for this student? If your student was heading towards a low grade, would you have reached out ahead of time? Why or why not? If you would have-how would the conversation take place, i.e. email, recording, virtual meeting, etc? How would you preface the issue(s)?

Which statement BEST reflects correct practice for closed-loop communication?