Trent and kim divorced on september 1, 2017. as part of the divorce decree, beginning in september, trent was to make payments to kim of $1,000 a month for the balance of the year for recent medical expenses; child support payments of $1,000 per month, and $1,500 a month for the mortgage payment on a jointly-owned home. kim and the children will continue to live in the home. what is the amount that trent can deduct as alimony for 2017?

The third program provides families with $50 in food stamps each week, redeemable for both perishable and nonperishable food. the fourth policy instead provides a family with a box of nonperishable foods each week, worth $50. use two graphs to illustrate that a family may be indifferent between the two programs, but will never prefer the $50 box of nonperishable foods over the $50 in food stamps. state your answer and use a consumer choice model for perishable food and nonperishable food to graphically justify your choice.