Based on the following data, would you recommend buying or renting? Rental Costs Buying Costs Annual rent $ 7,930 Annual mortgage payments $ 10,750 (9,850 is interest) Insurance $ 200 Property taxes $ 2,000 Security deposit $ 1,200 Down payment/closing costs $ 5,600 Growth in equity $ 900 Insurance/maintenance $ 1,600 Estimated annual appreciation $ 2,250 Assume an after-tax savings interest rate of 5 percent and a tax rate of 26 percent. Assume this individual has other tax deductions that exceed the standard deduction amount. a. Calculate total rental cost and total buying cost. b. Would you recommend buying or renting?

Suppose there are three types of consumers who attend concerts at your university’s performing arts center: students, staff, and faculty. each of these groups has a different willingness to pay for tickets; within each group, willingness to pay is identical. there is a fixed cost of $1,000 to put on a concert, but there are essentially no variable costs. for each concert: i. there are 140 students willing to pay $20. (ii) there are 200 staff members willing to pay $35. (iii) there are 100 faculty members willing to pay $50. a) if the performing arts center can charge only one price, what price should it charge? what are profits at this price? b) if the performing arts center can price discriminate and charge two prices, one for students and another for faculty/staff, what are its profits? c) if the performing arts center can perfectly price discriminate and charge students, staff, and faculty three separate prices, what are its profits?

In our daily interactions we can find ourselves listening to other people solely for the purpose of finding weakness in their positions so that we can formulate a convincing response. select one: true false

Summarize the specific methods used by interest groups in order to influence governmental decisions making in all three branches of government. provide at least two examples from each branch.