If your economics class were graded on a curve and everyone agrees to study only half as much, everyone would get the same grade that they otherwise would earn. You, however, will earn an A if you study more than the others, a C if you study the same amount as others, and an F if everyone else studies more than you. You don't like studying, but you'd rather study and get an A than get a C without studying, or study and get a C than get an F without studying. If everyone else cuts back their studying, what is it in your best interest to do?

•broussard skateboard’s sales are expected to increase by 15% from $8 million in 2016 to $9.2 million in 2017. its assets totaled $5 million at the end of 2016. broussard is already at full capacity, so its assets must grow at the same rate as projected sales. at the end of 2016, current liabilities were $1.4 million, consisting of $450,000 of accounts payable, $500,000 of notes payable, and $450,000 of accruals. the after-tax profit margin is forecasted to be 6%, and the forecasted payout ratio is 40%. use the afn equation to forecast broussard’s additional funds needed for the coming year

Gyou plan to deposit $1,700 per year for 5 years into a money market account with an annual return of 2%. you plan to make your first deposit one year from today. what amount will be in your account at the end of 5 years? round your answer to the nearest cent. do not round intermediate calculations. $ assume that your deposits will begin today. what amount will be in your account after 5 years? round your answer to the nearest cent. do not round intermediate calculations.

Onsider the following subscription behavior information from genie, a web site that provides tools for constructing a family tree (ancestor search). subscriptions cost $9.99 per month, but you are charged for the entire year at the time of purchase. there is a one-year minimum term when you sign up for the service. once purchased, subscriptions are set to renew automatically unless the subscriber cancels them. when a membership renews, it renews for a one-year term and again you are charged for the entire year. there are no variable costs associated with providing this service to an individual customer, but genie does engage in customer relationship activities that they believe will increase customer retention. these customer relationship activities cost genie about $10 per year per customer. based on a sample of 1000 customers that joined genie five years ago, near the time when the company was founded, they were able to determine how many of those customers remained subscribers in the second year, third year etc. based on this information, genie calculated the average annual retention rate to be 20%. genie uses an annual discount rate of 8%. a. last year, genie spent $10,000 placing advertisements on google. genie management believes that these advertisements were responsible for about 300 new subscribers. would you recommend to genie management that they purchase more google ads? b. suppose a newly-introduced loyalty program increases the number of customers that remained to 30%. does this new data change your answer to 9.a? c. do you have any hesitations or concerns about making recommendations to management based on your above estimate of customer lifetime value?