Monthly sales of an herbal supplement at one store have pretax demand curve D1. A new state tax on this herbal supplement shifts the post-tax demand curve to D2. The tax is assessed at the point of sale as a tax on buyers.
Use the area tool to draw the area representing the state's monthly tax revenue from this one store's sales of the taxed herbal supplement. Your drawing should be a rectangle created with four corners.

Phoenix guitars is interested in pursuing backward integration to take greater ownership of the extraction of raw materials and production of components used in its signature line of guitars. although this approach would lower the overall cost of producing a guitar, the costs associated with producing electronic pickupsfor sound amplification are far greater than those associated with sourcing pickups from a reliable supplier. which of the following approaches is likely to produce superior results? a) invest in vertical integration despite the cost of producing pickups.b) abandon the idea of vertical integration entirely.c) pursue taper integration.d) introduce a budget line of guitars to diversify the firm's offerings.