jones signs a three-year contract to construct a new office building for Smith. The contract price is $3 million and estimated cost $2 million. For year one, Jones recognizes $1 million of revenue and $800,000 of cost. During year 2, Jones incurs $1.2 million in cost and estimates that during year 3 an additional $1.1 million will be necessary to complete the project. Actual costs incurred during the third year were $1.2 million. For year 3, Jones should recognize a loss of:

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?