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Which of the following statements best explains how planarians can survive and thrive without respiratory or circulatory systems?

Use the table to answer the following question. Organism Appearance Habitat/Activity Nutrient Acquisition Reproduction A Microscopic, unicellular, with a flagellum Swims around in freshwater pools Envelops and consumes other microscopic organisms Mates with others; young bud off B Shaped like a basketball, covered with purple filaments, multicellular Rolls slowly across grassy fields Thrives with access to only freshwater and sunlight Mates with others; young emerge from hardened spherical structures C Hard and branched, multicellular, covered in a sticky coating Attached to rocky surfaces Traps insects in sticky coating and ingests them No mating; releases winged young that fly off and affix to bare rocks D Multicellular with cell walls Mostly sessile Absorption from the environment Disperses spores ballistically A researcher is studying animals on a previously undiscovered island, home to many unfamiliar organisms, and decides to survey them using the research equipment at hand. The researcher observes them in detail, and makes the notations shown in the table.Which organism would you classify as an animal?

The constant-growth dividend valuation model is best suited for those companies that are in the: 

Lach Industries’ common stock trades at $114.70 per share. The $110 call option trades at $18.90. This option would be: 

If a stock is sold short, the equity in the investor’s account will go up if the stock price

The two components that make up the risk-free rate are: 

 In a merger, a white knight is: 

Assume a $1,000 Treasury bill is quoted to pay 7.0% interest over a 2-month period. What will be the effective yield? 

Compute the Macaulay duration of a 6.3% coupon, 3-year corporate bond that makes annual coupon payments and has a yield to maturity of 5.4%.

Assume an investor purchases a(n) 6-year, $1,000 bond at par. The bond has a coupon rate of 7%. The market rate almost immediately falls to 5.4 percent. What would be the percentage return on the investment if the buyer borrowed part of the funds with a 20 percent margin requirement? Assume the interest payments on the bond cover the interest expense on the borrowed funds.