Bozeman sold equipment that it uses in its business for $80,000. bozeman bought the equipment two years ago for $75,000 and has claimed $20,000 of depreciation expense. what is the amount and character of bozeman's gain or loss?
a. $25,000 §1231 gain. b. $20,000 ordinary gain (§1245 recapture), and $5,000 §1231 gain. c. $5,000 ordinary gain (§1245 recapture), and $20,000 §1231 gain. d. $25,000 capital gain. e. none of these.

The manager of the quick stop corner convenience store (which never closes) sells four cases of stein beer each day. order costs are $8.00 per order, and stein beer costs $.80 per six-pack (each case of stein beer contains four six-packs). orders arrive three days from the time they are placed. daily holding costs are equal to 5 percent of the cost of the beer. if he were to order 16 cases of stein beer at a time, what would be the average inventory level? a. 0.25 days b. 3 days c. 1 day d. 4 days e. 20 days