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29E30P31P32P33PWhen General Electric Company first introduced the Lucalox ceramic, screw-in light bulb, the bulb cost three and one-half times as much as an ordinary bulb but lasted five times as long. An ordinary bulb cost $1.00 and lasted about eight months. If a firm has a discount rate of 12% compounded three times a year, how much would it save in present value dollars by using one Lucalox bulb?Oberweis Dairy switched from delivery trucks with regular gasoline engines to ones with diesel engines. The diesel trucks cost $6,000 more than the ordinary gasoline trucks but costs $1,800 per year less to operate. Assume that Oberweis saves the operating costs at the end of each month. If Oberweis uses a discount rate of 1% per month, approximately how many months, at a minimum, must the diesel trucks remain in service for the switch to be sensible?36P37P38P39P40P41P42P43P44P