[Finance] 1 Assignment | Unit 1 Writing Assignment This Assignment requires that you view three videos. Two of the videos will introduce you to methods of calculation; using a calculator and using Excel. The third video is an introduction to Finance in addition to providing some practical advice that will help you to reflect on how this course will benefit you. In addition, you will be using this Assignment to demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard American English. With this in mind, make sure to address the critical elements listed below so you will be successful in completing this Assignment in a manner that demonstrates the competence of your writing skills. Required Video Resources: See how to solve the example Problem 1.1 using Excel See what keystrokes are needed to solve Problem 1.1 Four Facets of Finance – Explain It! Assignment Instructions: Click on the Unit 1 Assignment link under the Unit 1 tab to watch the assigned videos. Click Submit after watching each video and reflect on how learning how to use Excel and a financial calculator to learn finance will assist you with your personal and career goals, even if your career goals are in another field. Use Microsoft Word to write a paper for this Assignment and answer the questions listed below: 1. Describe in detail the goals you have for this course. 2. Describe how this course will help you in your professional development. 3. What previous experience do you have in finance? 4. After viewing the videos what are the three most important concepts you learned? [Finance] 2 Be sure to respond to these questions using the critical elements listed in the Assignment Checklist below and submit your minimum one page response to the Unit 1 Assignment Dropbox. This Assignment is due: Tuesday, midnight ET. Assignment Checklist:  Write your original response in Standard American English, paying special attention to grammar, style and mechanics.  Respond to the questions in a thorough manner, providing specific examples of concepts, topics for each question.  Ensure that your viewpoint and purpose are clearly stated.  Demonstrate logical and appropriate transitions from one idea to another.  Your paper should be highly organized, logical and focused. MT217: Unit 1 Assignment Content 22 pts. Points Possible Points Earned Viewed the three required videos 6 Described in detail the goals for this course. 4 Described how this course will help with professional development. 4 Discussed previous experience in finance. 4 Discussed the three most important concepts learned from the videos 4 Analysis 12 pts. Work demonstrates synthesis of concepts, research, and experience 4 Work demonstrates the student’s ability to tie relevant information to real life applications. 4 Analysis exceed ...

1. [Finance]
1
Assignment | Unit 1
Writing Assignment
This Assignment requires that you view three videos. Two of
the videos will introduce
you to methods of calculation; using a calculator and using
Excel. The third video is an
introduction to Finance in addition to providing some practical
advice that will help you
to reflect on how this course will benefit you. In addition, you
will be using this
Assignment to demonstrate college-level communication
through the composition of
original materials in Standard American English. With this in
mind, make sure to
address the critical elements listed below so you will be
successful in completing this

2. Assignment in a manner that demonstrates the competence of
your writing skills.
Required Video Resources:
See how to solve the example Problem 1.1 using Excel
See what keystrokes are needed to solve Problem 1.1
Four Facets of Finance – Explain It!
Assignment Instructions:
Click on the Unit 1 Assignment link under the Unit 1 tab to
watch the assigned videos.
Click Submit after watching each video and reflect on how
learning how to use Excel
and a financial calculator to learn finance will assist you with
your personal and career
goals, even if your career goals are in another field. Use
Microsoft Word to write a paper
for this Assignment and answer the questions listed below:
1. Describe in detail the goals you have for this course.
2. Describe how this course will help you in your professional
development.
3. What previous experience do you have in finance?
4. After viewing the videos what are the three most important

3. concepts you
learned?
[Finance]
2
Be sure to respond to these questions using the critical elements
listed in the
Assignment Checklist below and submit your minimum one
page response to the Unit 1
Assignment Dropbox. This Assignment is due: Tuesday,
midnight ET.
Assignment Checklist:
paying special
attention to grammar, style and mechanics.
specific examples of
concepts, topics for each question.

4. propriate transitions from one idea
to another.
MT217: Unit 1 Assignment
Content 22 pts.
Points
Possible
Points
Earned
Viewed the three required videos 6
Described in detail the goals for this course. 4
Described how this course will help with professional
development.
4
Discussed previous experience in finance. 4
Discussed the three most important concepts learned
from the videos
4

5. Analysis 12 pts.
Work demonstrates synthesis of concepts, research, and
experience
4
Work demonstrates the student’s ability to tie relevant
information to real life applications.
4
Analysis exceeds basic comprehension to demonstrate
higher order thinking.
4
[Finance]
3
Writing 6 pts.
Correct use of APA 6
th
edition format, all sources used to
support the paper are referenced
2
Sentences are clear, concise, and direct; tone is

6. appropriate
2
Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are correct 2
Total 40
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Directions: Please show all of your work for each problem. If
applicable, you may find Microsoft Word’s equation editor
helpful in creating mathematical expressions in Word. There is
a tutorial on using this equation editor in Module 1 Lecture
Notes. You also have the option of hand writing your work and
scanning it.
1. Solve the system by addition.
x + 4y = 2
3x – 2y = –22
2. Solve the system by addition.
x + y = 8
x – y = 8
3. Solve the system by addition.
5x – 3y = 13
4x – 3y = 11
4. The sum of two numbers is 33. Their difference is 7.
What are the two numbers?
5. Sally bought three chocolate bars and a pack of gum and
paid $1.75. Jake bought two chocolate bars and four packs of
gum and paid $2.00. Find the cost of a chocolate bar and the
cost of a pack of gum.
6. Adult tickets for a play cost $16 and child tickets cost $6.
If there were 25 people at a performance and the theater
collected $260 from ticket sales, how many adults and how
many children attended the play?
7. Solve the system by substitution.

8. x + 3y = –4
2x + 2y = –8
8. The difference of two numbers is 36. The larger is 6 less
than 4 times the smaller. What are the two numbers?
9. The base of a ladder is 6 feet away from the wall. The top
of the ladder is 7 feet from the floor. Find the length of the
ladder to the nearest thousandth.
10. A company produces doll houses and sets of doll furniture.
The doll houses take 3 hours of labor to produce, and the
furniture sets take 8 hours. The labor available is limited to
400 hours per week, and the total production capacity is 100
items per week. Existing orders require that at least 20 doll
houses and 10 sets of furniture be produced per week. Write a
system of inequalities representing this situation, where x is the
number of doll houses and y is the number of furniture sets.
11. Evaluate
16
, if possible.
12. Evaluate
3
–8
, if possible.
13. State whether
64
is rational or irrational.

9. 14. State whether
3
25
is rational or irrational.
15. The area of a square is 83 cm2. Find the length of a side
to the nearest hundredth.
16. The time in seconds that it takes for an object to fall from
rest is given by
1
4
ts
=
, in which s is the distance fallen (in feet). Find the time
required for an object to fall from the ground from a building
that is 800 feet high. Round your answer to the nearest
hundredth of a second.
17. Simplify.
72
18. Simplify. Assume x represents a positive real number.
4
80
x
19. Simplify.
1

10. 3
20. Decide whether the following is written in simplest form.
28
mn
21. Simplify by combining like terms.
637
-
22. Simplify by combining like terms.
9580
-
23. Find the perimeter of the triangle shown in the figure.
Write your answer in reduced radical form.
24. Perform the indicated multiplication. Then simplify.
(
)
76367
-
25. Perform the indicated multiplication. Then simplify the
radical expression.
(
)
2
311

11. 26. Perform the indicated multiplication. Then simplify the
radical expression.
(
)
2
– 3
t
27. Perform the indicated division. Rationalize the
denominator, if necessary. Then, simplify.
2118
3
+
28. Solve.
4480
x
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