Assume that each day ten thousand children watch sesame street on public television and that watching sesame street generates a benefit of $100 per child per year. once a year, public televisions hold a pledge drive asking viewers to make voluntary contributions in order to keep the programming available to everyone. suppose each parent has just one child who watches sesame street. each parent has a private incentive to contribute during the pledge drive.

Slimwood corporation made sales of $ 725 million during 2018. of this amount, slimwood collected cash for $ 670 million. the company's cost of goods sold was $ 300 million, and all other expenses for the year totaled $ 400 million. also during 2018, slimwood paid $ 420 million for its inventory and $ 285 million for everything else. beginning cash was $ 110 million. carter's top management is interviewing you for a job and they ask two questions: (a) how much was carter's net income for 2018? (b) how much was carter's cash balance at the end of 2016? you will get the job only if you answer both questions correctly.