Marquet is relocating to an area where she will be attending college. she finds a townhome with an option to rent or buy. the conditions of each are shown below. rent: move-in cost of $1,350 and monthly payment of $795. buy: move-in cost of $8,235 and monthly payments of $750. marquet plans to stay in the area for the 5 years it will take her to get a graduate degree, so she decides to buy. choose the best evaluation of marquet's decision. a. since the costs would be the same over the 5 year period, she will have made a good decision if the property value does not decrease. b. she made a fairly good decision. buying the townhome will be cheaper over the 5 year period as long as she doesn't have major repairs to make. c. she made a poor decision if the property value does not increase. renting the townhome would be cheaper over the 5 year period. d. there is not enough information given to determine which option is best.

Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u.s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.