Refer to the Accompanying National Income Data for the Economy

question 17

Multiple Choice

$$\begin{array} { | l | c | } \hline \text { Personal Consumption Expenditures } & \$ 400 \\\hline \text { Government Purchases } & 128 \\\hline \text { Gross Private Domestic Investment } & 88 \\\hline \text { Net Exports } & 7 \\\hline \text { Net Foreign Factor Income } & 0 \\\hline \text { Consumption of Fixed Capital } & 43 \\\hline \text { Taxes on Production and Imports } & 50 \\\hline \text { Compensation of Employees } & 369 \\\hline \text { Rents } & 12 \\\hline \text { Interest } & 15 \\\hline \text { Proprietors' Income } & 52 \\\hline \text { Corporate Income Taxes } & 36 \\\hline \text { Dividends } & 24 \\\hline \text { Undistributed Corporate Profits } & 22 \\\hline \text { Statistical Discrepancy } & 0 \\\hline\end{array}$$ Refer to the accompanying national income data for the economy. All ?gures are in billions of dollars. The gross domestic product for this economy is

• A) $584.
• B) $592.
• C) $609.
• D) $623.

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Definitions:

Heterotrophs

Organisms that obtain energy by consuming other living things, unable to synthesize their own food.

Peptidoglycan

A complex polymer found in the cell walls of bacteria that provides structural support and protection.

Gram-positive

Refers to bacteria that retain the crystal violet dye used in Gram staining, indicating a thick peptidoglycan layer in their cell walls.

Gram-negative

Bacteria characterized by a thin layer of peptidoglycan in their cell wall, covered by an outer membrane containing lipopolysaccharides; stains pink in Gram staining.