So OP, how did it turn out at the end?

i find it funny that were told to not colleberate in college with other students and come up with the same answers and instead told to not grasp ideas with others.

Schools are so dumb sometimes.

Yup. That's what I did when I invigilated undergrad midterms. I would always see guys cheating at the back, and when they saw me eyeing them they quickly looked down. I didn't want to bust them and potentially have their lives fucked over so in subsequent exams I just sat at the back so none of them could see me.

If you gave him your solutions, then you're just as much at fault of cheating and both of you should be punished. If he isn't bright enough to figure out the answers (econ 345 is NOT rocket science...), then he probably isn't bright enough to re-word your solutions.

If he's your friend and you want to help him out, then help him out by verbally explaining how you get the solutions. It will let yourself understand the concepts more anyway by having to explain them to someone not as bright.

Might be a bit harsh but I got no sympathy for people that cheat!

yeh show remorse and just say how ud never do it again and that you shouldnt have in the first place.

do whatever you can to get yourself away from it cuz shit like that stays on your record forever.