You have just been appointed to the post of Surgeon General of the United States. The President wants you to develop an advertising campaign called, “A healthy America by the year 2021” that encourages Americans to lead a healthier lifestyle.

What types of behaviors would you try to influence? Why? And how would you influence these behaviors?

Feel free to conduct an online search on the topic to collect materials for your answer. Provide those citations in your answer and articulate your argument with facts rather than emotion.

Answer the following questions related to Vegetarianism.

• In the United States, 32% of adults eat a vegetarian diet (Vegetarianism in America, n.d.). What does the term "vegetarian" mean?
• Do you think vegetarian diets are practical? That is, can someone easily be a vegetarian while living the typical American life of being rushed and busy?
• Vegetarian diets are associated with a lower risk of obesity and diabetes as well as other chronic conditions (Marsh, Zeuschner, & Saunders, 2012). Clearly a vegetarian diet can be a healthy one, but can a vegetarian diet lack nutrients? If so, which nutrients may be lacking? How could these nutrients be measured in the body to determine if someone is deficient in them? Are there vegetarian foods that provide these nutrients or would supplementation be necessary? Are there any interactions to be aware of with the supplements that a vegetarian may take?
• Do you think that a vegetarian diet would be costlier than a nonvegetarian diet?
• Look at the meals you ate in your 3-days diet record. Do any of your meals contain no meat? Choose one of your meals that contain meat and modify it to be vegetarian. Would you eat the modified meal?

The mean cost of domestic airfares in the United States rose to an all-time high of $400 per ticket. Airfares were based on the total ticket value, which consisted of the price charged by the airlines plus any additional taxes and fees. Assume domestic airfares are normally distributed with a standard deviation of $120. Use Table 1 in Appendix B.

a. What is the probability that a domestic airfare is $560 or more (to 4 decimals)?

b. What is the probability that a domestic airfare is $250 or less (to 4 decimals)?

c. What if the probability that a domestic airfare is between $310 and $490 (to 4 decimals)?

d. What is the cost for the 3% highest domestic airfares? (rounded to nearest dollar)

Suppose that in the United States last season’s hot holiday gift was the iPad (which is made primarily in China) while this season’s big gift is media content for the iPad (which is made in the U.S.). Determine whether there will be an increase, decrease, or no change for each of the following variables compared to last year.

     a. The supply of dollars would decrease  Correctand the demand for dollars would not change  Correct.

     b. The exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Chinese yuan would fall  Incorrect, causing the dollar to depreciate  Incorrect.

     c. Net exports for the U.S. would increase  Incorrect.

     d. Net capital outflows for the U.S. would fall  Incorrect.

The time until failure of the hard drives on laptops currently sold in the United States follows an exponential distribution, with a mean of 4.2 years. A company offers a special incentive program that guarantees a $500 refund if the hard drive on their laptops fails in the first year after purchase, and a $100 refund if the hard drive fails in the second year after purchase. Find the expected refund a customer would receive after purchasing one of this company’s laptops.

75% of owned dogs in the United States are spayed or neutered. Round your answers to four decimal places. If 41 owned dogs are randomly selected, find the probability that

a. Exactly 29 of them are spayed or neutered. _____
b. At most 33 of them are spayed or neutered. _____  
c. At least 31 of them are spayed or neutered._____
d. Between 29 and 33 (including 29 and 33) of them are spayed or neutered. _____

1. The United States uses a set of three “key economic indicators” to measure the health of the U.S. economy. What are these three key economic indicators, and what does each indicator tell us about the health of our economy? What are the advantages or disadvantages of looking at just one of these indicators without considering the others?
2. There is a variety of strategies that a business can use in order to reach global markets. For each of the following businesses, which strategy would be appropriate? Once you have selected an appropriate strategy, provide one advantage and one disadvantage the business may encounter when employing the strategy.
   1. A manufacturer of high-tech drones used to map the surface of the planet Mercury
   2. A clothing company that specializes in designer clothing for children under the age of ten
   3. A doughnut shop that has locations in thirty-two states but now wants to take its “bake-and-take” doughnuts to the global market
3. 3.Identify and explain the three ways that the Federal Reserve controls the money supply. What is the impact on business when the money supply is increased? What is the impact on business when the money supply is decreased

The mean cost of domestic airfares in the United States rose to an all-time high of $385 per ticket. Airfares were based on the total ticket value, which consisted of the price charged by the airlines plus any additional taxes and fees. Assume domestic airfares are normally distributed with a standard deviation of $120. Use Table 1 in Appendix B. a. What is the probability that a domestic airfare is $560 or more (to 4 decimals)? b. What is the probability that a domestic airfare is $260 or less (to 4 decimals)? c. What if the probability that a domestic airfare is between $310 and $510 (to 4 decimals)? d. What is the cost for the 2% highest domestic airfares? (rounded to nearest dollar) $ or more/less.

1. Would the United States be improved overall if the leadership role of president as head of state, chief executive officer, and commander in chief were constitutionally assigned to other governmental officials other than one president? What do you think the advantages and disadvantages to giving the president all these powers are?

Additionally, modern presidents have gained more power through different inherent powers (i.e., executive privilege, executive orders, executive signing statements and executive agreements).

2. Do these claimed inherent exercises of presidential powers upset the system of check and balances between branches? Why or Why not?

A report on health care in the United States said that 28% of Americans have experienced times when they haven’t been able to afford medical care. A news organization randomly sampled 801 black Americans, of whom 256 reported that there had been times in the last year when they had not been able to afford medical care. Does this indicate that this problem is more severe among black Americans? Construct an appropriate Hypothesis Test to answer this question. Use a 95 percent level of confidence. Show work.