At the beginning of 2009, a government had a total debt of $540 billion dollars. Itended 2009 with a $6 billion dollar budget surplus. In 2010, its budget surplus reached $8 billion dollars. What is the total debt of the government equal to at the end of 2010?
A. $554 billion
B. $540 billion
C. $0
D. $14 billion

The answer is B.

Explanation:

A budget surplus occurs when government revenue(tax receipts) are greater than government spending.

And a budget deficit occurs when government spending are greater than government revenue(tax receipts.

Government debt is the total amount of debt that a country is owing its creditors(providers of funds).

Surplus is entirely different from government debt. Nothing is said in the question that the debt was repaid.

Therefore, the government debt still remains $540 billion

answer: a. the kind of population living in your neighbourhood.

the census explorer data tool by the us census bureau allows the user to zoom in on any neighbourhood within the united states and find the kind of people residing in that by race and age.  

the tool needs to needs to be used twice – once in order to find what type of people reside in a neighbourhood, and then to see the age groups of the people in the same neighbourhood.

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