Suppose the federal government is considering an air quality policy initiative that would effectively increase abatement (a) of ozone from 10 percent to 20 percent and that the marginal social benefit (msb) of ozone abatement in millions of dollars has been estimated as msb = 120 − 2.5a. determine the dollar value of incremental benefits associated with this initiative.

jackie's snacks sells fudge, caramels, and popcorn. it sold 12,000 units last year. popcorn outsold fudge by a margin of 2 to 1. sales of caramels were the same as sales of popcorn. fixed costs for jackie's snacks are $14,000. additional information follows: product unit sales prices unit variable cost fudge $5.00 $4.00 caramels $8.00 $5.00 popcorn $6.00 $4.50 the breakeven sales volume in units for jackie's snacks is