Who ultimately pays for compliance with government regulations?

The (consumer) of the product. Companies must pass on the added cost of government regulation/compliance to the products they sell or manufacture, therefore the end user will pay the added cost.

The correct answer is Consumers

Explanation:

Regulatory compliances by the goverment are translated in the prices of the goods and services, because these regulations must been paid by the companies, later the production costs increases and eventually the prices will change.  And of course the one who pays for it, must pay this too, that is contemplated in the price.

answer: this problem has only trivial solutions, with all points on the same line. x=5 or x=7/5.

step-by-step explanation:

there are three triangles, and three unknowns: x, y=length of middle segment, and z=cos(angles marked with red arc).

we need

and law of cosines,

the three equations are

see attached image for solution.