Assume that MM's perfect capital markets conditions are met and that you can borrow and lend at the same 5% rate as Firm X. You have $5,000 of your own money to invest and you plan on buying Firm X stock. Using homemade (un)leverage you invest enough at the risk-free rate so that the payoff of your account will be the same as a $5,000 investment in Firm Y stock. The number of shares of Firm X stock you purchased is closest to .

Ahospital purchases a $500,000 magnetic resonance imaging (mri) machine that has a useful life of 9 years. the salvage value at the end of 9 years is $77,000. (a) write a linear equation that describes the value y (in dollars) of the mri machine in terms of the time t (in years), 0 ≤ t ≤ 9. (b) find the value, in dollars, of the machine after 6 years. $ (c) find the time, in years, when the value of the equipment will be $140,000. (round your answer to two decimal places.) yr