EXTRA CREDIT: Adam Yauch wrote, “No one has been able to approach the political power that brought to hip-hop. I put them on a level with Bob Marley and a handful of other artists – the rare artist who can make great music and also deliver a political and social message.”

Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles nest along a single stretch of the Mexican coast in the Gulf of Mexico. In the 1940s, more than 100,000 turtles came ashore to nest in a single day. In the 1980s, only a few hundred were left, and now they are critically endangered. Initially, Kemp’s Ridleys were hunted for meat and particularly for their eggs, almost all of which were taken. Today, survivors are caught in fishing nets and threatened by pollution. This suggests that the major reason the Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle is critically endangered is

Need ALT text     Please answer the following question from the data provided in the above graph.   Suppose you drew a line to connect points F and B. Calculate and enter the slope of the line that would connect points F and B. Please enter this answer in the first space provided.   Enter your answer using 1 decimal place, rounding up for 5 or higher at the second decimal place.   Remember to begin the answer with “-” if the answer is negative. Do not enter units or commas.

Needs ALT text   Please answer the following question from the data provided in the above graph.   Suppose you drew a line to connect points E and A.  Calculate and enter the y-intercept of the line that would connect points E and A. Please enter this answer in the second space provided.    Enter your answer using 1 decimal place, rounding up for 5 or higher at the second decimal place.   Remember to begin the answer with “-” if the answer is negative. Do not enter units or commas.

As presented in the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing list and briefly describe the 2 major sources of evidence that might be used to evaluate the validity of proposed interpretations of test scores.

and    have been attending Miami Dade College and working at    department store as full-time cashiers. making after-tax salaries of $20,000 and $18,000 per year, respectively.  Before was accepted by , a job recruiter offered her a full-time position at   ,  earning an after-tax salary of $ per year.  is not looking for an alternative to studying at a university. He plans to transfer to a university and focus on his classes. In the end, turned down the grocery business offer and chose.  For each student, the additional monetary cost of a university, including tuition, supplies, and additional housing expenses, is $ .   decided to go to , probably because she values a year of college more than $ _____ .   Please enter your answer as a whole number. Do not enter units, “$”, commas, or decimals.

Assume an investment will generate cash flows at the end of Years 1 through 3 equal to $200, $300, and $500, respectively; from that point, the investment begins to generate a series of constant-growth perpetual cash flows. Calculate the present value of these cash flows at the end of Year 0, assuming a discount rate of 7% and a 2% constant growth rate for the perpetuity. Calculate the present value weighted average growth rate for this investment. 

Assume Company A that operates in the transportation equipment industry and has an estimated equity beta of is planning to merge with Company B that operates in the trucking and warehousing industry and has an estimated equity beta of . At the time of the announcement of the merger, Company B’s equity was twice the market value of Company A’s equity. Estimate the combined firm’s equity beta after the merger, assuming that debt in the merged entity will be equal to the pre-merger debt of Company A and Company B combined and the merger is not expected to create or destroy value. Round your answer to two decimal places.

The JMP Company had debt on its books as of June, 2016, with a credit rating of BB. The yield to maturity of AA-rated debt at that time was %, which we assume is equal to its cost of debt. Use the data in the table below to estimate the debt cost of capital for the JMP Company at the end of June, 2016. Assume the market risk premium is 6.5% at the end of June, 2016.  Note: you cannot use symbols in your answer to this question due to the structure of the software, so if you must enter a percentage then use its decimal form (e.g., 2.2% = 0.022) and round to three decimal places.

True/False: Following the onset of primary progressive aphasia, individuals can recover, similar to those with other types of aphasia.