Bubba decides to rent a large 26-foot U-Haul truck move from…

Bubba decides to rent a large 26-foot U-Haul truck move from Oregon to Florida. This distance is 2,985 miles. Gas mileage (miles per gallon) for these large trucks is much lower than typical cars and pickup trucks. If this truck can travel 112 miles using 14 gallons of gas, and the gas costs $3.15 per gallon, how much will Bubba have to pay for gas for this trip? (hint: use dimensional analysis)

A property has a poor floor plan because it has only 1 ½ bat…

A property has a poor floor plan because it has only 1 ½ bathrooms in a market that clearly requires 2 or 2 ½ bathrooms.  This problem could be corrected for about $5,500 by moving some interior walls around.  The floor plan problem is fairly common in this market, and there is enough data to show that homes with this problem sell for $160,000 and homes without the problem (i.e., with 2 baths) sell for $170,000.  This house is 30 years old.  Adding the half bath during construction could have cost $1,000.  This problem is best defined as