On january 1, 20x1, a company purchased a commercial truck for $48,000 and uses the straight-line depreciation method. the truck has a useful life of eight years and an estimated residual value of $8,000. on december 31, 20x3, the company sold the truck for $30,000. what amount of gain or loss should the company record on december 31, 20x3?

a. 5,000
b. 15000
c. 33000
d. 3000

Mr. smith recently faced a choice between being (a) an economics profes-sor, which pays $60,000/yr, or (b) a safari leader, which pays $50,000/yr. after careful deliberation, smith took the safari job, but it was a close call. "for a dollar more," he said, "i'd have gone the other way."now smith's brother-in-law approaches him with a business proposition. the terms are as follows: - smith must resign his safari job to work full-time in his brother-in-law's business.- smith must give his brother-in-law an interest-free loan of $100,000, which will be repaid in full if and when smith leaves the business. (smith currently has much more than $100,000 in the the business will pay smith a salary of $70,000/yr. he will receive no other payment from the business.the interest rate is 10 percent per year. apart from salary considerations, smith feels that working in the business would be just as enjoyable as being an economics professor. for simplicity, assume there is no uncertainty regarding either smith's salary in the proposed business or the security of his monetary investment in it. should smith join his brother-in-law and, if so, how small would smith's salary from the business have to be to make it not worthwhile for him to join? if not, how large would smith's salary from the business have to be to make it worthwhile for him to join?

Explain whether each of the following events increases or decreases the money supply. a. the fed buys bonds in open-market operations. b. the fed reduces the reserve requirement. c. the fed increases the interest rate it pays on reserves. d. citibank repays a loan it had previously taken from the fed. e. after a rash of pickpocketing, people decide to hold less currency. f. fearful of bank runs, bankers decide to hold more excess reserves. g. the fomc increases its target for the federal funds rate.

During the current year, bob's ceramics shop had sales revenue of $60,000, of which $25,000 was on credit. at the start of the current year, accounts receivable showed a $3,500 debit balance, and the allowance for doubtful accounts showed a $300 credit balance. collections of accounts receivable during the current year amounted to $18,000.