Rhonda sells a house she has owned for 15 years. To make it more marketable, she buys carpet and has it professionally installed and buys wallpaper that her daughter hangs. Which items are included in this year's GDP?

Laws corporation is considering the purchase of a machine costing $16,000. estimated cash savings from using the new machine are $4,120 per year. the machine will have no salvage value at the end of its useful life of six years and the required rate of return for laws corporation is 12%. the machine's internal rate of return is closest to (ignore income taxes) (a) 12% (b) 14% (c) 16% (d) 18%

Suppose that a major city’s main thoroughfare, which is also an interstate highway, will be completely closed to traffic for two years, from january 2014 to december 2015, for reconstruction at a cost of $535 million. if the construction company were to keep the highway open for traffic during construction, the highway reconstruction project would take much longer and be more expensive. suppose that construction would take four years if the highway were kept open, at a total cost of $800 million. the state department of transportation had to make its decision in 2014, one year before the start of construction (so that the first payment was one year away). so the department of transportation had the following choices: (i) close the highway during construction, at an annual cost of $267.5 million per year for two years. (ii) keep the highway open during construction, at an annual cost of $200 million per year for four years. now suppose the interest rate is 80%. calculate the present value of the costs incurred under each plan.

Wriston company is preparing its cash budget for the upcoming month. the beginning cash balance for the month is expected to be $15,000. budgeted cash disbursements are $72,500, while budgeted cash receipts are $89,600. wriston company wants to have an ending cash balance of $30,000. the excess (deficiency) of cash available over disbursements for the month would be