Scenario 12-8 Ellie Has Been Working for an Engineering Firm and Earning

question 95

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Scenario 12-8
Ellie has been working for an engineering firm and earning an annual salary of $80,000.She decides to open her own engineering business.Her annual expenses will include $15,000 for office rent,$3,000 for equipment rental,$1,000 for supplies,$1,200 for utilities,and a $35,000 salary for a secretary/bookkeeper.Ellie will cover her start-up expenses by cashing in a $20,000 certificate of deposit on which she was earning annual interest of $500.
-Refer to Scenario 12-8.Ellie's annual accounting costs will equal

• A) $55,200.
• B) $75,200.
• C) $80,500.
• D) $165,700.

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Definitions:

Directional Selection

is a type of natural selection that favors one extreme phenotype over others, causing a shift in allele frequency over time.

Genetic Drift

A mechanism of evolution that results in random changes in the frequency of alleles within a population over time.

Allele Frequencies

The proportion of different alleles of the same gene within a given population.

Cladistics

Making hypotheses about evolutionary relationships among clades.