Joy is a 48-year-old waitress for a mom-and-pop restaurant employing 15 employees. joy was up for a big promotion to be the shift manager of her company. joy really thought she had the job, but she didn't get it. when she asked her boss why she was not promoted, he said, "you were just too old. we want someone who can serve in this position for 20 years and stay with the restaurant for the rest of their long life."
in this situation:

a) the adea does not apply because it applies to employers having 20 or more employees only
b) joy is protected under the adea, and the adea applies in this case
c) joy is not part of the statutorily protected class of the adea
d) the employer cannot refuse to promote joy because it is illegal to discriminate against anyone because of age

5. real versus nominal gdp consider a simple economy that produces two goods: cupcakes and muffins. the following table shows the prices and quantities of the goods over a three-year period. year cupcakes muffins price quantity price quantity (dollars per cupcake) (number of cupcakes) (dollars per muffin) (number of muffins) 2014 2 115 5 175 2015 4 150 2 180 2016 1 100 2 160 use the information from the preceding table to fill in the following table. year nominal gdp real gdp gdp deflator (dollars) (base year 2014, dollars) 2014 2015 2016 from 2015 to 2016, nominal gdp , and real gdp . the inflation rate in 2016 was . why is real gdp a more accurate measure of an economy's production than nominal gdp? real gdp does not include the value of intermediate goods and services, but nominal gdp does. real gdp measures the value of the goods and services an economy produces, but nominal gdp measures the value of the goods and services an economy consumes. real gdp is not influenced by price changes, but nominal gdp is.