Questions from Financial Algebra


Q: Read the quote at the beginning of this section. Interpret the

Read the quote at the beginning of this section. Interpret the quote in terms of what you have learned about discount points.

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Q: Flip Flops manufactures beach sandals. Their expense and revenue functions are

Flip Flops manufactures beach sandals. Their expense and revenue functions are a. Determine the profit function. b. Determine the price, to the nearest cent, that yields the maximum profit. c. Deter...

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Q: Lincoln Towers Bank offers borrowers a zero closing cost loan. Each

Lincoln Towers Bank offers borrowers a zero closing cost loan. Each negative point reduces the bank’s closing costs by 1% of the principal and increases the APR by 0.125%. Ibraheem wants to borrow $45...

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Q: Kennesaw Credit Union offers a 4.25%, 15-year

Kennesaw Credit Union offers a 4.25%, 15-year mortgage. Sadie wants to borrow $300,000 and purchase enough negative points to eliminate her $9,000 closing costs. Each point increases her APR by 0.125%...

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Q: Explain why the slope of the Social Security function, before it

Explain why the slope of the Social Security function, before it becomes horizontal, cannot equal 1.

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Q: A politician is considering removing the maximum taxable income and having all

A politician is considering removing the maximum taxable income and having all income subject to Social Security tax. Why might this be unfair to very affluent people?

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Q: Milo’s car straight line depreciates monthly over time. He knew that

Milo’s car straight line depreciates monthly over time. He knew that after 7 months his car was worth $26,930. According to an online car value calculator, after 30 months, he determined that his car...

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Q: A politician is listening to a proposal for a new Social Security

A politician is listening to a proposal for a new Social Security tax plan. The graph is shown. The two parts of the graph are disconnected where 145,000x 5 . Explain why this would be an unfair Socia...

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Q: A company produces a security device known as Toejack. Toejack is

A company produces a security device known as Toejack. Toejack is a computer chip that parents insert between the toes of a child, so parents can track the child’s location at any time using an online...

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Q: In a year when the maximum income for Social Security was $

In a year when the maximum income for Social Security was $118,500, Bart worked at two jobs. In one job he earned $99,112. In his second job, he earned $56,222. Both of his employers took out Social S...

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