Making Decisions It is Friday, Homecoming, and the big game with a rival school is tonight. You have an after-school job, and you have been saving for the big event for the past month. BUT, you had to purchase two new tires for your car; and now you only have $40 to spend. You need to get gas, pay to get into the game, and you had planned to take your date out to eat after the game before you go the Homecoming dance. Answer each question in complete sentences using proper grammar and punctuation: 1. Do you have enough money to do all that you had planned? 2. If gas costs $3.00 per gallon, what factors will determine how much gas you purchase? 3. We will assume that you and your date will get into the game for free since you are students. Will you have enough to take your date to dinner after the game, once you purchase gas for your car? 4. Would you be better off to cancel the whole night's plans? Justify your answer...tell why you made your choice.

The gilbert instrument corporation is considering replacing the wood steamer it currently uses to shape guitar sides. the steamer has 6 years of remaining life. if kept,the steamer will have depreciaiton expenses of $650 for five years and $325 for the sixthyear. its current book value is $3,575, and it can be sold on an internet auction site for$4,150 at this time. if the old steamer is not replaced, it can be sold for $800 at the endof its useful life. gilbert is considering purchasing the side steamer 3000, a higher-end steamer, whichcosts $12,000 and has an estimated useful life of 6 years with an estimated salvage value of$1,500. this steamer falls into the macrs 5-year class, so the applicable depreciationrates are 20.00%, 32.00%, 19.20%, 11.52%, 11.52%, and 5.76%. the new steamer is fasterand allows for an output expansion, so sales would rise by $2,000 per year; the newmachine's much greater efficiency would reduce operating expenses by $1,900 per year.to support the greater sales, the new machine would require that inventories increase by$2,900, but accounts payable would simultaneously increase by $700. gilbert's marginalfederal-plus-state tax rate is 40%, and its wacc is 15%.a. should it replace the old steamer? b. npv of replace = $2,083.51