Which states mostly supported the use of federal military force to enforce laws - northern states or southern states?

This question is based on the following paragraph. tomas tiptoed across the room. he made sure not to walk on the spot that always creaked. he opened the squeaky door as slowly as possible. he took one last look in the crib and smiled. was anything more beautiful than a sleeping baby? softly he closed the nursery door and headed down the hall. it had been a long night. what can you infer from this paragraph? a. tomas was ready to start a new day. b. tomas's house needed some repairs. c. tomas had spent a long time getting his child to sleep. d. tomas did not enjoy being a father.

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?

What is the rule relating the ratio of marginal utility to prices of two goods at the optimal choice? explain why, if this rule does not hold, the choice cannot be utility-maximizing.