Given the Material and Manpower Advantage of the North,what Factors

question 91

Essay

Given the material and manpower advantage of the North,what factors enabled the South to wage war as long as it did?

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Present Value

The current value of a future amount of money or stream of cash flows, given a specified rate of return.

Required Rate

The minimum return or yield an investment must offer to be considered viable, often referred to as the required rate of return.

Compound Interest

A way of computing interest wherein the initial amount of the loan or deposit and all the interest that has accrued in former periods are included in the calculation.

Internal Rate of Return

A financial metric used to evaluate the profitability of an investment, calculated as the discount rate that makes the net present value of all cash flows equal to zero.