Lung cancer kills millions of people each year. If the government were to increase taxes on cigarettes, fewer people would smoke.

What will be an ideal response?


Positive

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The demand for cars in a certain country is given by: D = 20,000 - P, where P is the price of a car. Supply by domestic car producers is: S = 5,000 + 0.5P.If this economy is open to trade, and the world price of a car is $6,000, the domestic quantity demanded will be ________ and quantity supplied will be ________.

A. 8,000; 14,000 B. 12,000; 8,000 C. 12,000; 10,000 D. 14,000; 8,000

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