Upon graduating from UCI, you start a job in finance earning $72,000 per year and decide to buy a home. You can afford to pay no more than $1,000 per month for the fixed monthly payments on a 30-year fixed-rate home loan (mortgage) and the current conventional 30-year fixed mortgage annual interest rate that you qualify to borrow at is 4%. What is the maximum size home loan you can afford? Please round your numerical answer to the nearest dollar.

Aproperty title search firm is contemplating using online software to increase its search productivity. currently an average of 40 minutes is needed to do a title search. the researcher cost is $2 per minute. clients are charged a fee of $400. company a's software would reduce the average search time by 10 minutes, at a cost of $3.50 per search. company b's software would reduce the average search time by 12 minutes at a cost of $3.60 per search. which option would have the higher productivity in terms of revenue per dollar of input?