On january 1, 2018, 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, 2019, the truck was exchanged for a new truck valued at $60,000. jacob received a trade allowance of $35,000 on the exchange with the remaining $25,000 paid in cash. what amount of gain or loss should jacob inc. record on december 31, 2019?
a. loss, $18,000.
b. gain, $5,000.
c. loss, $38,000.
d. loss, $3,000.

Suppose that the world price of steel is $100 a ton, india does not trade internationally, and the equilibrium price of steel in india is $60 a ton. suppose that india now begins to trade internationally. the price of steel in india the quantity of steel produced in india a. does not change; does not change b. falls; increases c. falls; decreases d. rises; decreases e. rises; increases the quantity of steel bought by india india steel. a. increases; exports b. decreases; imports c. decreases; exports d. does not change; neither imports nor exports e. increases; imports

Profits from using currency options and futures.on july 2, the two-month futures rate of the mexican peso contained a 2 percent discount (unannualized). there was a call option on pesos with an exercise price that was equal to the spot rate. there was also a put option on pesos with an exercise price equal to the spot rate. the premium on each of these options was 3 percent of the spot rate at that time. on september 2, the option expired. go to the oanda.com website (or any site that has foreign exchange rate quotations) and determine the direct quote of the mexican peso. you exercised the option on this date if it was feasible to do so. a. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased the call option? b. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased the put option? c. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased a futures contract on july 2 that had a settlement date of september 2? d. what was your net profit per unit if you sold a futures contract on july 2 that had a settlement date of september 2

Abeverage company puts game pieces under the caps of its drinks and claims that one in six game pieces wins a prize. the official rules of the contest state that the odds of winning a prize are is the claim "one in six game pieces wins a prize" correct? why or why not? 1: 6.