Bruce is a nonexempt employee at Grissom Industries, where he works in both the manufacturing and design departments. He is married with three withholding allowances and is paid biweekly. He earns $25 per hour in the manufacturing department and $31.50 per hour in the design department. During the most recent biweekly pay period, he worked a total of 92 hours, 20 of which were in the design department. All overtime was in the manufacturing department. What is his gross pay? A) $2,580.00.
B) $2,638.50.
C) $2,697.00.
D) $3,147.00.

Brian has just finished college. he wants to set up a small business to make and sell fireworks. he registers his company and acquires a license from the government. he finds that most of his competitors are selling fireworks at an extremely low price. he would like to make more money, so he decides to innovate and develop better fireworks. he sells his fireworks at a higher price, and they are a huge hit with the customers. after a few years, he earns enough profit to set up a bigger fireworks factory that complies with the government’s health and safety regulations. he even starts exporting fireworks overseas. which type of economy does this scenario describe?