If You Want to Know the Present Value of a Future

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Multiple Choice

If you want to know the present value of a future payment received in one year, what formula can you use?

• A)Present value equals future payment times the current market rate of interest.
• B)Present value equals future payment divided by one plus the rate of interest.
• C)Present value equals one plus the rate of interest in decimals divided by future payment.
• D)Present value equals future payments times one plus the rate of interest.

Recognize the economic factors and innovations that contributed to the rise of merchant capitalism and banking in Italy.

Identify the major artistic achievements and characteristics of Renaissance art.

Distinguish between medieval scholasticism and Renaissance humanism in terms of goals and outlooks.

Grasp Machiavelli's political theories and values.

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Definitions:

Mass Customization

A marketing and manufacturing technique that combines the flexibility and personalization of custom-made products with the low unit costs associated with mass production.

Market Segmentation

The process of dividing a heterogeneous market into smaller, more homogeneous groups of customers with similar needs, characteristics, or behaviors.