Leslie McCormack is in the spring quarter of her freshman year of college. She and her friends already are planning a trip to Europe after graduation in a little over three years. Leslie would like to contribute to a savings account over the next three years in order to accumulate enough money to take the trip. Assume an interest rate of 4%, compounded quarterly. (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.) How much will Leslie accumulate in three years by depositing $500 at the beginning of each of the next 12 quarters

On january 2, 2016, twilight hospital purchased a $94,800 special radiology scanner from bella inc. the scanner had a useful life of 4 years and was estimated to have no disposal value at the end of its useful life. the straight-line method of depreciation is used on this scanner. annual operating costs with this scanner are $106,000. approximately one year later, the hospital is approached by dyno technology salesperson, jacob cullen, who indicated that purchasing the scanner in 2016 from bella inc. was a mistake. he points out that dyno has a scanner that will save twilight hospital $26,000 a year in operating expenses over its 3-year useful life. jacob notes that the new scanner will cost $111,000 and has the same capabilities as the scanner purchased last year. the hospital agrees that both scanners are of equal quality. the new scanner will have no disposal value. jacob agrees to buy the old scanner from twilight hospital for $40,500. if twilight hospital sells its old scanner on january 2, 2017, compute the gain or loss on the sale. prepare an incremental analysis of twilight hospital.