4zz pi many police officers in mexico have been found to be working for drug traffickers, providing them with protection and warning them of raids. as a result, crime in mexico is very high and drug gangs compete for territory, leading to a great loss of life. how would this situation affect mexico's economic growth? c economic growth would benefit from the increased international trade in drugs. economic growth would be harmed by the loss of efficient taxes. economic growth would benefit from the competition among drug gangs. c economic growth would be harmed because the rule of law no longer applies.

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?