Liam is a computer systems analyst and is looking to change to a company that offers more opportunities for advancement. he has job offers from two companies that look promising. liam’s job offer comparison job 1: seattle, wa job 2: silicon valley, ca salary $78,000 $100,000 benefits $4,000 bonuses, health insurance, 401k $2,500 bonuses, health insurance, 401k average monthly rent & utilities $1,350 $3,150 which company is a better choice based on annual income after housing and utility costs? job 2 is a better choice because it will have a salary and benefits worth $20,500 more than job 1. job 2 is a better choice because the annual income after housing is expected to be $140,300 but job 1 is expected to be $98,200. job 1 is a better choice because the annual income after housing is $65,800 but that of job 2 is $64,700. job 1 is a better choice because annual income after benefits and housing will be $109,800 but the annual income for job 2 will be $92,200

Acompany that makes shopping carts for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some new equipment that reduces the labor content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. prior to buying the new equipment, the company used 6 workers, who produced an average of 79 carts per hour. workers receive $16 per hour, and machine coast was $49 per hour. with the new equipment, it was possible to transfer one of the workers to another department, and equipment cost increased by $11 per hour while output increased by four carts per hour. a) compute the multifactor productivity (mfp) (labor plus equipment) under the prior to buying the new equipment. the mfp (carts/$) = (round to 4 decimal places). b) compute the productivity changes between the prior to and after buying the new equipment. the productivity growth = % (round to 2 decimal places)

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?

In the united states, one worker can produce 10 tons of steel per day or 20 tons of chemicals per day. in the united kingdom, one worker can produce 5 tons of steel per day or 15 tons of chemicals per day. the united kingdom has a comparative advantage in the production of: