How does the USA government represent the citizens

Which statement is a good description of a model? a) models are a description of nature based only on one or two variables. b) models are testable ideas but they are not very to most people. c) models are a description of nature that predicts more accurately than real events. d) models are an approximiation of a real system that omits all but most essential variables in a system.

Locate an article online from a news source that illustrates at least one determinant of supply. write a summary of the article, list the determinant(s) that were discussed in the article, and give a brief explaination of the effect of the determinant(s). you don't need to write the entire thing out, just find a source and tell me what i should include. i'm not the best at some parts of economics, and this is one of the parts i suck at.

The defendant, angered because a rival gang member had twice beaten him up after school, obtained a heavy lead pipe and waited in a deserted alleyway which he knew the rival took as a route home every day after school. when his enemy came walking down the alley, the defendant leapt out behind him and smashed the pipe into the victim's head, knocking him to the ground. the defendant then rolled the victim over and pounded his face with 15 to 20 heavy blows with the lead pipe, killing him. the jurisdiction defines first degree murder as murder committed with premeditation and deliberation. all other murders are defined as second degree murders. why will the defendant be convicted of first degree murder (as opposed to second degree murder)?