Cruise Budget Constraint 6 5 0,5 2,4 4, 3 6, 2 2 8,1 1 10,0 10 12 8 4 6 #pairs of shoes # dresses Based on the graph of Maren’s budget constraint for dresses and shoes, what accurately describes the slope of her budget constraint? It is negative because dresses are more expensive than shoes It is positive because Maren still has plenty of money and is able to afford both dresses and shoes. If the government set a price ceiling of $40, there would be:

Sara and her friends were at an iowa football game in iowa city. sara is a life long resident of iowa and goes to college at dmacc. while she was in iowa city, robert smashed into her car when he ran a red light. sara was seriously injured and taken to university hospitals in iowa city (fortunately her injuries were not life threatening but laid her up for a long time and she had to drop out of college for the rest of the semester). robert is from michigan and was in iowa city to see the game and then to party later. at the time of the accident robert was drunk (at least legally - he blew a 0.17 and the limit is 0.08). sara has sustained about $500,000 in damages between her current and future medical bills, pain/suffering, lost wages, etc. also her car was totaled in the accident. can sara sue robert in a federal court? explain why or why not. (be sure to mention the two primary factors associated with suing someone in a federal court in a case like this.)