Choose the correct answer, and explain why in a brief paragraph. Read the headlines below:"President Announces A New Plan For Cancer Research"Which of these goals of the United States government is reflected in this headline?A. forming a more perfect unionB. ensuring domestic tranquilityC. promoting the general welfareD. providing for the common defense

You are the manager of a firm that produces output in two plants. the demand for your firm's product is p = 20 − q, where q = q1 + q2. the marginal costs associated with producing in the two plants are mc1 = 2 and mc2 = 2q2. how much output should be produced in plant 1 in order to maximize profits?

In the supply-and-demand schedule shown above, at the lowest price of $50, producers supply music players and consumers demand music players.

The 39 percent and 38 percent tax rates both represent what is called a tax "bubble." suppose the government wanted to lower the upper threshold of the 39 percent marginal tax bracket from $335,000 to $208,000. what would the new 39 percent bubble rate have to be? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places,e.g., 32.16.)