Icall cox communications (a local cable company) to ask them about adding cable with dvr service. their installation fee is waived since i'm a current customer (now you know i made this up) but has a monthly fee of $60. then i call direct tv whose monthly fee is only $40, but i have to pay a $100 installation fee. my question is, at what point (how many months) is my total cost the same for each option?

Explain whether each of the following events increases, decreases, or has no effect on the unemployment rate and the labor-force participation rate.a. after a long search, jon finds a job.b. tyrion, a full-time college student, graduates and is immediately employed.c. after an unsuccessful job search, arya gives up looking and retires.d. daenerys quits her job to become a stay-at-home mom.e. sansa has a birthday, becomes an adult, but has no interest in working.f. jaime has a birthday, becomes an adult, and starts looking for a job.g. cersei dies while enjoying retirement.h. jorah dies working long hours at the office.

Explain the relationship between consumers and producers in economic growth and activity

The market demand curve for a popular teen magazine is given by q = 80 - 10p where p is the magazine price in dollars per issue and q is the weekly magazine circulation in units of 10,000. if the circulation is 400,000 per week at the current price, what is the consumer surplus for a teen reader with maximum willingness to pay of $3 per issue?