On january 1, 2016, jacob inc. 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, 2017, jacob inc. sold the truck for $43,000. what amount of gain or loss should jacob inc. record on december 31, 2017?
a. gain, $22,000.
b. gain, $5,000.
c. loss, $3,000.
d. loss, $18,000.

The vaska company buys a patent on january 1, year one, and agrees to pay $100,000 per year for the next five years. the first payment is made immediately, and the payments are made on each january 1 thereafter. if a reasonable annual interest rate is 8 percent, what is the recorded value of the patent? 1. $378,4252. $431,2133. $468,9504. $500,000

Which of the following is a problem for the production of public goods?

Dr. sperry, a biologist, is using excel to track growth rates of different populations of bacteria. she has a very complex formula in one cell. it begins with “round”. dr. sperry would like to see exactly how excel’s calculation reached the final rounded value that she sees in the cell. what could dr. sperry do to best understand how the calculation was made? try different formulas on her own until she reaches the value shown in excel click on the evaluate formula button in the formulas tab and then click “step in” select the cell and then look at the formula in the formula field of the ribbon remove “round” from the formula in order to see the actual value before rounding