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You are helping your younger cousins with their history lessons, and come across accounts of how prior to the advent of antibiotics, physicians would deliberately infect syphilis (bacterial infection) patients with the malaria protozoan to induce a high fever.  Surprisingly, this was often effective, and the physicians would then use quinine to cure the malaria. Using the information you have learned for this exam, briefly explain to your cousins how this would work.  That is, what part of bacterial cell functioning would be affected by the higher temperature, and why? Note:  while degrading cytoplasmic membranes would certainly kill the syphilis bacterium, it would also kill the patients.  So, this is not a viable answer. 

Please, match the following descriptions with the correct economic concept (Long Run or Short Run)    

Suppose a consumer of goods x and y is maximizing total utility.  , where MU indicates marginal utility and P indicates price of good.  In this case A, a consumer will likely to purchase (1) _________________ , where MU indicates marginal utility and P indicates price of good.  In this case B, a consumer will likely to purchase (2) _________________  

Consider the following information about a business, Erika’s, that opened last year: price = $10, quantity sold = 4; implicit cost = $20; explicit cost = $10. What was Erika’s economic profit last year?

Joe Biden is the current president of the United States.

Based on the above figure, this  is the case of ___________________. it also means that he has “done as well as could have been done.”

Case 1 where Price < AVC  Case 2 where Price > ATC Case 3 where ATC > P > AVC MC (Marginal Cost) MR (Marginal Revenue) ATC (Average Total Cost) AVC (Average Variable Cost) d (demand curve) P (price) Based on the above figure  for a perfectly competitive firm in the short run, In which cases will a perfectly competitive firm continue to produce in the short run? _____________ (Select two answers that apply)

  The cost of producing a bushel of wheat in Country A is $5, and the price at which Country A sells a bushel of wheat abroad is $4. This is an example of  

Under the Articles of Confederation, the central government imposed taxes. 

The 6th amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment