A design-build engineering firm completed a pipeline project wherein the company realized a profit of $2.3 million in 1 year. If the amount of money the company had invested was $6 million, what was the rate of return on the investment?
A concrete and building materials company is trying to bring the company funded portion of its employee retirement fund into compliance with HB-301. The company has already deposited $20,000 in each of the last 5 years. How much must be deposited now in order for the fund to have $350,000 three years from now, if the fund grows at a rate of 15% per year?