1.Was the decision to start paying a cash dividend of $0.02 per share per quarter a good decision?Why or why not?2.Was the $3 per share special dividend desirable?Why or why not?3.What wereBill Gates’proceedsas part of the $3 persharespecial dividend? What did he do with those proceeds? Did the size of his proceeds cause investor backlash?Should companies consider thiswhen choosing to pay dividends or special dividends? Why or why not?4.What, if anything, should Microsoft have done with its $64 billion of cash and short-term investments?5.Analyze and describe Microsoft’s dividendpolicy as it existstoday. Do you agree with the firm’s dividendpolicy? Why or why not? What, if anything, should Microsoft do differently with its extra cash and why?

Areal estate agent is considering changing her cell phone plan. there are three plans to choose from, all of which involve a monthly service charge of $20. plan a has a cost of $.42 a minute for daytime calls and $.17 a minute for evening calls. plan b has a charge of $.52 a minute for daytime calls and $.15 a minute for evening calls. plan c has a flat rate of $80 with 275 minutes of calls allowed per month and a charge of $.38 per minute beyond that, day or evening.a. determine the total charge under each plan for this case: 150 minutes of day calls and 70 minutes of evening calls in a month. (do not round intermediate calculations. round your answer to 2 decimal places. omit the "$" sign in your response.)c. if the agent will use the service for daytime calls, over what range of call minutes will each plan be optimal? (round each answer to the nearest whole number.include the indifference point itself in each answer.)d. suppose that the agent expects both daytime and evening calls. at what point (i.e., percentage of total call minutes used for daytime calls) would she be indifferent between plans a and b?