Maurice, your cousin, has gone to work at midwest mutual, a huge whole life insurance corporation. when you come home from school, he’s sitting across from your parents and smiling. they’re about to buy a joint whole life policy that will pay $100,000 if your dad dies and will build savings as they pay the premiums. you want to stop him, but he’s “family,” so you can’t insult him. you decide to ask him questions that will reveal what a bad idea the policy is. what questions will you ask him, and why?

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You are the manager of a large crude-oil refinery. as part of the refining process, a certain heat exchanger (operated at high temperatures and with abrasive material flowing through it) must be replaced every year. the replacement and downtime cost in the first year is $165 comma 000. this cost is expected to increase due to inflation at a rate of 7% per year for six years (i.e. until the eoy 7), at which time this particular heat exchanger will no longer be needed. if the company's cost of capital is 15% per year, how much could you afford to spend for a higher quality heat exchanger so that these annual replacement and downtime costs could be eliminated?