The aviation security improvement act (asia) states that the faa (federal aviation administration) can refuse to divulge information about airport security. the family members of passengers who were killed in a terrorist bombing of an airplane over lockerbie, scotland, requested certain airport security information from the faa under the freedom of information act (foia). the faa refused this request because it interpreted asia to mean that the agency had the right to withhold data in spite of foia. may the families take their case to a federal court?

The monthly demand equation for an electric utility company is estimated to be p equals 60 minus left parenthesis 10 superscript negative 5 baseline right parenthesis x, where p is measured in dollars and x is measured in thousands of killowatt-hours. the utility has fixed costs of $3 comma 000 comma 000 per month and variable costs of $32 per 1000 kilowatt-hours of electricity generated, so the cost function is upper c left parenthesis x right parenthesis equals 3 times 10 superscript 6 baseline plus 32 x. (a) find the value of x and the corresponding price for 1000 kilowatt-hours that maximize the utility's profit. (b) suppose that the rising fuel costs increase the utility's variable costs from $32 to $38, so its new cost function is upper c 1 left parenthesis x right parenthesis equals 3 times 10 superscript 6 baseline plus 38 x. should the utility pass all this increase of $6 per thousand kilowatt-hours on to the consumers?