The roles of money Larry just graduated from college and is now in the market for a new car. He has saved up $4,000 for a down payment. He's deciding between a Super and a Duper. The Super is priced at $23,599, and the Duper is priced at $18,999. After agonizing over the decision, he decides to buy the Duper. He writes the dealership a check for $4,000 and takes out a loan for the remainder of the purchase price. Identify what role money plays in each of the following parts of the story. Hint: Select each role only once. Role of Money: Medium of Exchange, Unit of Account, Store of Value Larry writes a check for $4,000. Larry can easily determine that the price of the Super is more than the price of the Duper. Larry has saved $4,000 in his checking account.

The sticky-price theory asserts that the output prices of some goods and services adjust slowly to changes in the price level. suppose firms announce the prices for their products in advance, based on an expected price level of 100 for the coming year. many of the firms sell their goods through catalogs and face high costs of reprinting if they change prices. the actual price level turns out to be 110. faced with high menu costs, the firms that rely on catalog sales choose not to adjust their prices. sales from catalogs will

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

Petra contracted to paint bret’s house for $2,000. after beginning the job, petra realizes that the house is really quite big, and she’s not going to make enough profit, so she tells bret she wants another $500 to finish the job. bret doesn’t want to pay more, but he’s afraid that if she walks off the job, he’ll have trouble finding someone else to finish it, so he agrees. is bret legally obligated to pay the extra $500?