For each numbered passage in this exercise, identify which lettered item best states the primary issue discussed in the passage. Be prepared to say why you think your choice is the correct one.

In Miami–Dade County, Florida, schools superintendent Rudy Crew was inundated with complaints after a police officer used a stun gun on a six-year-old student. As a result, Crew asked the Miami–Dade police to ban the use of stun guns on elementary school children. Crew did the right thing. More than 100 deaths have been linked to tasers.
a. whether a police officer used a stun gun on a six-year-old student
b. whether the superintendent did the right thing by asking the police to ban the use of stun guns on elementary school children
c. whether 100 deaths have been linked to tasers
d. whether the fact that 100 deaths have been linked to tasers shows that the superintendent did the right thing when he asked the police not to use tasers on children

(a) what was the opportunity cost of non-gm food for many buyers before 2008? (b) why did they prefer the alternative? (c) what was the opportunity cost in 2008? (d) why did it change?

2. a computer equipment was acquired at the beginning of the year at a cost of $56,000 with an estimated residual value of $5,000, and an estimated useful life of five years. determine the second year’s depreciation expense using the straight-line method.

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.