Why is it useful to use elasticities to compare the responsiveness of demand to changes in price for different types of health services? Provide an example to explain.

Which of the following changes will shift the demand curve for Advil to the left?

(a) Increase in the price of Advil

(b) Increase in family income

(c) Increase in the price of a substitute for Advil

(d) Increase in the price of a complement to Advil 5.

(e) None of the above

how does changes in national income affects the LM curve?

What changes would you like to see in taxes on business?

The quantity of heat Q that changes the temperature ΔT of a mass m of a substance is given by Q=cmΔT, where c is the specific heat capacity of the substance. For example, for H2O, c=1cal/g∘C. And for a change of phase, the quantity of heat Q that changes the phase of a mass m is Q=mL, where L is the heat of fusion or heat of vaporization of the substance. For example, for H2O, the heat of fusion is 80 cal/g (or 80 kcal/kg) and the heat of vaporization is 540 cal/g (or 540 kcal/kg).

A. Use these relationships to determine the number of calories to change 0.80 kg of 0∘C ice to 0∘C ice water.

Express your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units.

B. Use these relationships to determine the number of calories to change 0.80 kg of 0∘C ice water to 0.80 kg of 100∘C boiling water.

Express your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units.

C. Use these relationships to determine the number of calories to change 0.80 kg of 100∘C boiling water to 0.80 kg of 100∘C steam.

Express your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units.

D. Use these relationships to determine the number of calories to change 0.80 kg of 0∘C ice to 0.80 kg of 100∘C steam.

Express your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units.

Since the SUTA rates changes are made at the end of each year and there is much discussion about changes to the FUTA rate, the available 2017 rates were used for FUTA and SUTA.

Note: For this textbook edition the rate 0.6% was used for the FUTA tax rate for employers.

Example 5-7

Shu Company located in Arkansas had FUTA taxable wages of $130,000 and SUTA taxable wages (on first $12,000) were $210,000 with a 0.9 percent SUTA tax rate. The total unemployment taxes that Shu Company is liable for are:

Due to its experience rating, Ianelli, Inc., is required to pay unemployment taxes on its payroll as follows:

Under SUTA for Massachusetts on taxable payroll of $18,600, the contribution rate is 4%.

Under SUTA for New Hampshire on taxable payroll of $34,000, the contribution rate is 6.65%.

Under SUTA for Maine on taxable payroll of $81,800, the contribution rate is 2.9%.

Under FUTA, the taxable payroll is $117,000.

Compute the following; round your answers to the nearest cent.

Since the SUTA rates changes are made at the end of each year and there is much discussion about changes to the FUTA rate, the available 2017 rates were used for FUTA and SUTA.   Note: For this textbook edition the rate 0.6% was used for the FUTA tax rate for employers.

Due to its experience rating, Ianelli, Inc., is required to pay unemployment taxes on its payroll as follows:

Under SUTA for New Mexico on taxable payroll of $28,000, the contribution rate is 3.9%.

Under SUTA for Colorado on taxable payroll of $23,000, the contribution rate is 8.95%.

Under SUTA for Utah on taxable payroll of $65,000, the contribution rate is 4.1%.

Under FUTA, the taxable payroll is $94,500.

Compute the following; round your answers to the nearest cent.

Since the SUTA rates changes are made at the end of each year and there is much discussion about changes to the FUTA rate, the available 2018 rates were used for FUTA and SUTA.

Note: For this textbook edition the rate 0.6% was used for the net FUTA tax rate for employers.

Example 5-8

1. The Iqbal Company of Georgia had a FUTA taxable payroll of $215,600 and a SUTA taxable payroll of $255,700 with a 5.6 percent SUTA tax rate. The company would pay unemployment taxes of:

   FUTA $215,600 × 0.006	=	$1,293.60
   SUTA $255,700 × 0.056	=	14,319.20
   Total taxes		$15,612.80

2. Kresloff Company has only two employees and is located in a state that has set an unemployment tax for the company of 4.8 percent on the first $12,000 of each employee’s earnings. Both employees are paid the same amount each week ($900) and have earned $11,500 up to this week’s pay. The unemployment taxes that the company must pay for this week’s pay would be $48.
   
   FUTA tax (both over $7,000) = $0.00
   SUTA tax ($1,000 × 0.048) = $48.00
   ($500 of each employee’s pay is under the state taxable limit of $12,000)

In September 2019, Manson Paint Corporation began operations in a state that requires new employers of one or more individuals to pay a state unemployment tax of 3.5% of the first $7,000 of wages paid each employee.

An analysis of the company's payroll for the year shows total wages paid of $171,180. The salaries of the president and the vice president of the company were $20,100 and $15,800, respectively, for the four-month period, but there were no other employees who received wages in excess of $7,000 for the four months. Included in the total wages were $880 paid to a director who only attended director meetings during the year, $6,010 paid to the factory superintendent, and $2,030 in employee contributions to a cafeteria plan made on a pretax basis-for both federal and state.

In addition to the total wages of $171,180, a payment of $2,570 was made to Andersen Accounting Company for an audit it performed on the company's books in December 2019. Compute the following; round your answers to the nearest cent.