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deeply about the concepts they’ve learned in the chapter when answering them. These assignable essay questions can be used on homework, tests, or quizzes. They require manual scoring; however, each essay question includes a sample correct answer to make grading easy QUESTION 1 work and leaves the labor force, she is n... |
mistake simply to throw aggregate demand and aggregate supply curves at students in the first few chapters of a principles book. To understand the AS and AD curves, students need to know about the functioning of both the goods market and the money market. The logic behind the simple demand curve is wrong when it is ap... |
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. 38 Begin to get a sense of the many ways economics touches one’s life. 1.5 Economic Skills and Economics as a Career p. 38 Describe economics as a career and the key skills you can learn from studying economics. Appendix: How to Read and Understand Graphs p. 41 Understand how data can be graphically represented. econ... |
PART I Introduction to Economics 1.1 LEARNING OBJECTIVE Identify three key reasons to study economics. Think of an example from your life in which understanding opportunity costs or the principle of efficient markets could make a difference in your decision making. opportunity cost The best alternative that we forgo, ... |
and we must live our lives under this constraint. A farmer in rural Brazil must decide whether it is better to continue to farm or to go to the city and look for a job. A hockey player at the University of Vermont must decide whether to play on the varsity team or spend more time studying. In the Economics in Practice... |
28 17/04/19 12:06 AM CHAPTER 1 The Scope and Method of Economics 29 Rainfall and Schooling in India As we indicated in the text, the idea of opportunity cost is one of the fundamental concepts in economics. When we look at the choices people make in the area of employment and education, the role of opportunity cost is... |
of Rainfall Shocks on Human Capital” Journal of Political Economy, April 2017, 527–561. efficient market A market in which profit opportunities are eliminated almost instantaneously. instantaneously, are said to be efficient markets. (We discuss markets, the institutions through which buyers and sellers interact and e... |
along with engineering, one of the majors with the highest wage premia. Recent work has shown yet another advantage of the economics major: It helps to protect graduates from the long-term effects of graduating in a recession.1 As Lisa Kahn found in some of her earlier work, graduating in a recession (a period of high... |
jammed into overcrowded cities and worked long hours in factories. England had changed completely in two centuries—a period that in the run of history was nothing more than a blink of an eye. The discipline of economics began to take shape during this period. Social critics and philosophers looked around and knew that... |
? Every day, across the globe, people engage in political decision making around questions like these, questions that depend on an understanding of economics. To be an informed citizen requires a basic understanding of economics. The Scope of Economics Most students taking economics for the first time are surprised by ... |
04/19 12:06 AM 32 PART I Introduction to Economics Whereas microeconomics focuses on individual product prices and relative prices, macroeconomics looks at the overall price level and how quickly (or slowly) it is rising (or falling). Microeconomics questions how many people will be hired (or fired) this year in a part... |
of winning drivers. Some would assume that every single component of Ferrari sports cars is from Italy since it carries the sign “Made in Italy.” However, contrary to popular belief, Ferrari parts are produced outside Italy, assembled at the legendary Maranello factory, labeled “Made in Italy,” and then either sold in... |
and some of the subjects with which they are concerned. The Diverse Fields of Economics MyLab Economics Concept Check Individual economists focus their research and study in many different areas. The subfields of economics are listed in Table 1.2 along with a sample research or policy question that an economist in thi... |
razor The principle that irrelevant detail should be cut away. The Method of Economics Economics asks and attempts to answer two kinds of questions: positive and normative. Positive economics attempts to understand behavior and the operation of economic systems without making judgments about whether the outcomes are g... |
around Phoenix, you may need to see every street and alley. Like maps, economic models are abstractions that strip away detail to expose only those aspects of behavior that are important to the question being asked. The principle that irrelevant detail should be cut away is called the principle of Ockham’s razor, name... |
change in gasoline price on driving behavior, ceteris paribus, or assuming that nothing else changes?” If gasoline prices rise by 10 percent, how much less driving will there be, assuming no simultaneous change in anything else—that is, assuming that income, number of children, population, laws, and so on, all remain ... |
subsequently stubbed my toe. Did the ladder cause my bad luck? Most of us would laugh at this. But everyday we hear stock market analysts make a similar causal jump. “Today the Dow Jones industrial average rose 100 points on heavy trading due to progress in talks between Israel and Syria.” How do they know this? Inves... |
time job is a common practice among students; however, parents are concerned that combining paid work with academics may jeopardize their child’s performance. Evidence from across institutions indicates that a student working a part-time job is more likely to feel stressed, lack a social life, and face difficulties in ... |
–19. 2 Mikhail Kouliavtsev, “The Impact of Employment and Extracurricular Involvement on Undergraduates’ Performance in a Business Statistics Course,” Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research, September 2013, 53–66. In the natural sciences, controlled experiments, typically done in the lab, are a standard w... |
new technology that enables it to produce more of its product with fewer resources, without sacrificing quality, it has made an efficient change. At least potentially, the resources saved could be used to produce more of something else. Inefficiencies can arise in numerous ways. Sometimes they are caused by government... |
their wealth outside their country rather than in their country’s industries, growth in their home country may be slowed. Stability Economic stability refers to the condition in which national output is growing steadily, with low inflation and full employment of resources. During the 1950s and 1960s, the U.S. economy ... |
; it proceeds step-by-step, each section building on the last. It would be a good idea to read each chapter’s table of contents at the start of each chapter and scan each chapter before you read it to make sure you understand where it fits in the big picture. Economic Skills and Economics as a Career In this book, we w... |
common ways are in words, in graphs, and in equations. 11. Figuring out causality is often difficult in economics. Because one event happens before another, the second event does not necessarily happen as a result of the first. To assume that “after” implies “because” is to commit the fallacy of post hoc, ergo propter... |
24 hours in a day. How do you go about allocating your time in a given day among competing alternatives? How do you go about weighing the alternatives? Once you choose a most important use of time, why do you not spend all your time on it? Use the notion of opportunity cost in your answer. 1.2 Frank pays an $80 monthl... |
“Bachelor’s degree” from the Entry-Level Education drop down menu. Look up three occupations that interest you and compare the projected number of new jobs, projected growth rate, and median pay for those occupations. How does this information compare to what you expected? Explain how this information might influence ... |
federal government would only tax you as if your income was $80,000. The tax law passed at the end of 2017 reduced that deduction to a maximum of $10,000. In 2018, we nevertheless saw a growth in population in two high-tax states, New York and California. One observer suggests that this means that the elimination of t... |
your grade point average, and the way you spent time away from the classroom. Now describe the effect you think you had on your roommate(s). Were these roommates or housemates people you chose to live with, or were they assigned randomly? Explain if you think this made a difference in your or their behavior? 3.5 Expla... |
that may not be discernible in simple lists of numbers. A graph is a two-dimensional representation of a set of numbers, or data. There are many ways that numbers can be illustrated by a graph. LEARNING OBJECTIVE Understand how data can be graphically represented. graph A two-dimensional representation of a set of num... |
Total Disposable Personal Income 1,219 1,326 1,457 1,630 1,809 2,018 2,251 2,425 2,617 2,904 3,099 3,288 3,466 3,770 4,052 4,312 4,485 4,800 5,000 5,244 5,533 5,830 Year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total Disposable Personal Income 6,149 6,561... |
2 graphically. Along the horizontal scale, the X-axis, we measure average income. Along the vertical scale, the Y-axis, we measure average consumption. Each of the five pairs of numbers from the table is represented by a point on the graph. Because all numbers are positive numbers, we need to show only the upper right ... |
percentage of each group receiving welfare payments along the Y-axis, the line would presumably slope downward, indicating that welfare payments are lower at higher income levels. The income level/welfare payment relationship is thus a negative relationship. Slope The slope of a line or curve is a measure that indicat... |
mylab/economics to complete these exercises online and get instant feedback. Exercises that update with real-time data are marked with. M01_CASE3826_13_GE_C01.indd 43 17/04/19 12:06 AM 44 PART I Introduction to Economics a. Positive slope b. Negative slope Y Y2 Y1 DY Y Y1 Y2 DY B A A B 0 X1 X2 X 0 X1 X2 X DX MyLab Econ... |
,632 17,591 = +0.66. Another interesting thing to note about the data graphed in Figure 1A.2 is that all the points lie roughly along a straight line. (If you look very closely, however, you can see that the slope declines as you move from left to right; the line becomes slightly less steep.) A straight line has a cons... |
.4(b) has a positive slope, but its slope increases as you move from left to right. The same analogy holds for curves that have a negative slope. Figure 1A.4(c) shows a curve with a negative slope that increases (in absolute value) as you move from left to right. This time think about skiing down a hill. At first, the ... |
01.indd 45 17/04/19 12:06 AM 46 PART I Introduction to Economics TABLE 1A.3 Total Disposable Personal Income and Consumption for the United States, 1930–2017 (in billions of dollars) Total Disposable Personal Income Total Consumption 70 71 192 332 648 1,755 3,826 6,792 10,202 10,689 11,051 11,361 11,864 12,332 12,821 1... |
intersects the X-axis is called the X-intercept. 3. The slope of a line or curve indicates whether the relationship between the two variables graphed is positive or negative and how much of a response there is in Y (the variable on the vertical axis) when X (the variable on the horizontal axis) changes. The slope of a... |
/19 12:06 AM c. f Home sales Bushels of corn per acre Income Bushels of corn per acre 48 PART I Introduction to Economics a Quantity of apples purchased d Age ◂▴ FIGURE 1 b 1A.4 Calculate the slope of the demand curve at point A and at point B in the following figure. Price per unit 34 24 12 5 0 A B Demand 20 45 90 140... |
Figure 2.1, you will see that resources are broadly defined. They include products of nature like minerals and timber, but also the products of past generations like buildings and factories. Perhaps most importantly, resources include the time and talents of the human population. CHAPTER OUTLINE AND LEARNING OBJECTIV ... |
or government. Examples of government-produced or government-provided goods and services include national defense, public education, police protection, and fire protection. Resources or factors of production are the inputs into the process of production; goods and services of value to households are the outputs of the... |
close to the top of his list. Should he spend his time gathering fruits and berries? Should he clear a field and plant seeds? The answers to those questions depend on the character of the island, its climate, its flora and fauna (are there any fruits and berries?), the extent of his skills and knowledge (does he know ... |
products be distributed? The mechanism for answering these fundamental questions is clear when Bill is alone on the island. The “central plan” is his; he simply decides what he wants and what to do about it. The minute someone else appears, however, a number of decision-making arrangements immediately become possible.... |
AM 52 PART I Introduction to Economics Frozen Foods and Opportunity Costs In 2016, $53 billion of frozen foods were sold in U.S. grocery stores, one quarter of it in the form of frozen dinners and entrées. In the mid-1950s, sales of frozen foods amounted to only $1 billion, a tiny fraction of the overall grocery store... |
making meals associated with the growth of the markets for frozen foods and the microwave. (See David M. Cutler, Edward L. Glaeser, and Jesse M. Shapiro, “Why Have Americans Become More Obese?” Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 2003: 93–118.) CRITICAL THINKING 1. Many people think that soda consumption also lea... |
es up Colleen’s time and this has value. The value from Bill’s time depends on his comparative advantage. A producer has a comparative advantage over another in the production of a good or service if he or she can produce the good or service at a lower opportunity cost. First, think about Bill. He can produce 8 bushels... |
the food, given his talents. By spending one-third of his day producing food and two-thirds chopping wood, he can produce 2 2 3 logs and bushels of food are produced by our pair of castaways, most of them by Colleen. Clearly Colleen is a better producer than Bill. Why should she ever want to join forces with clumsy, s... |
where the line crosses the vertical axis. Similarly, the line crosses the horizontal axis at 10 bushels of food, because that is what Colleen could produce spending full time producing food. We have also marked on the graph possibility C, where she divides her time equally, generating 5 bushels of food and 5 logs of w... |
food comes up? In Figure 2.2 we have already seen that specialization would allow the pair to go from production of 7 2 3 units of food and wood to 10 logs and 8 bushels of food. Colleen and Bill can split the 2 1 3 extra bushel of food to move to points like C′ and F′ in Figure 2.3, which were unachievable without co... |
you could have had today in exchange for something tomorrow. Because nothing is certain, some judgment about future events and expected values must be made. What will your income be in 10 years? How long are you likely to live? We trade off present and future benefits in small ways all the time. If you decide to study... |
� In economics, however, investment always refers to the creation of capital: the purchase or putting in place of buildings, equipment, roads, houses, and the like.) A wise investment in capital is one that yields future benefits that are more valuable than the present cost. When you spend money for a house, for exampl... |
the production of capital. If an economy were to end up at point B, it would be devoting all its resources to the production of consumer goods and none of its resources to the formation of capital. While all economies produce some of each kind of good, different countries emphasize different things. About 16 percent o... |
Concept Check 0 Consumer goods 1,100 1,300 M02_CASE3826_13_GE_C02.indd 56 17/04/19 12:08 AM CHAPTER 2 The Economic Problem: Scarcity and Choice 57 those resources are fully and efficiently employed, society can produce more capital goods only by reducing production of consumer goods. The opportunity cost of the additi... |
than the first because the trees are farther away. The bowed out ppf tells us that the more society tries to increase production of one good rather than another, the harder it is. In the example in Figure 2.4, the opportunity cost of using society’s resources to make capital goods rather than consumer goods increases ... |
happens, farmers would probably shift some of their acreage from wheat production to corn production. Such a shift is represented by a move from point C (where corn = 510 and wheat = 380) up and to the left along the ppf toward points A and B in Figure 2.5. As this happens, it becomes more difficult to produce additio... |
Economic growth is characterized by an increase in the total output of an economy. It occurs when a society acquires new resources or learns to produce more with existing resources. New resources may mean a larger labor force or an increased capital stock. The production and use of new machinery and equipment (capital... |
Bushels) 1935–1939 1945–1949 1955–1959 1965–1969 1975–1979 1981–1985 1985–1990 1990–1995 1998 2001 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 26.1 36.1 48.7 78.5 95.3 107.2 112.8 120.6 134.4 138.2 145.6 152.8 153.9 164.9 152.8 147.2 123.4 158.8 171.0 168.4 174.6 176.6 13.2 16.9 22.3 27.5 31.3 36.9 38.0... |
mostly consumer goods. On the right, you see the results: The ppf of the rich country shifts up and out further and faster. The importance of capital goods and technological developments to the position of workers in less-developed countries is well illustrated by Robert Jensen’s study of South India’s industry. Conve... |
work, he allocated available resources quite simply, more or less by dividing up his available time. Distribution of the output was irrelevant. Because Bill was the society, he got it all. Introducing even one more person into the economy—in this case, Colleen—changed all that. Cooperation and coordination may give ri... |
to the increase in expenditure on healthcare, communications, clothing, education, and entertainment. This also includes expenditure on additional commodities such as financial services and pets as domestic and foreign firms try to capitalize on the changes in the consumption patterns of the largest consumer market in... |
-Faire Economies: The Free Market MyLab Economics Concept Check At the opposite end of the spectrum from the command economy is the laissez-faire economy. The term laissez-faire, which translated literally from French means “allow [them] to do,” implies a complete lack of government involvement in the economy. In this ... |
market systems argue that the use of markets leads to more efficient production and better response to diverse and changing consumer preferences. If a producer is inefficient, competitors will come along, fight for the business, and eventually take it away. Thus, in a free market economy, competition forces producers ... |
is, individual enterprise exists and independent choice is exercised even in economies in which the government plays a major role. Conversely, no market economies exist without government involvement and government regulation. The United States has basically a free market economy, but government purchases accounted fo... |
resources to produce one good or service implies not using them to produce something else. This concept of opportunity cost is central to understanding economics. 6. Using resources to produce capital that will in turn produce benefits in the future implies not using those resources to produce consumer goods in the pr... |
, p. 53 investment, p. 55 outputs, p. 50 production, p. 50 consumer goods, p. 55 laissez-faire economy, p. 63 production possibility frontier (ppf), p. 55 consumer sovereignty, p. 63 marginal rate of transformation (MRT), p. 57 theory of comparative advantage, p. 51 P R O B L E M S All problems are available on MyLab E... |
truck that serves only two items, street tacos and Cuban sandwiches. As shown in the table, Alexi can make 80 street tacos per hour but only 20 Cuban sandwiches. Tony is a bit faster and can make 100 street tacos or 30 Cuban sandwiches in an hour. Alexi and Tony can sell all the street tacos and Cuban sandwiches that ... |
*1.6 The countries of Orion and Scorpius are small mountainous nations. Both produce granite and blueberries. Each nation has a labor force of 800. The following table gives production per month for each worker in each country. Assume productivity is constant and identical for each worker in each country. Tons of Gran... |
in the current period for producing carpet. a. Using the data in the table, graph the ppf (with carpet on the vertical axis). b. Does the principle of “increasing opportunity cost” hold in this nation? Explain briefly. (Hint: What happens to the opportunity cost of carpet—measured in number of looms—as carpet producti... |
of the United Kingdom. During the warmer seasons, it is common to see rivers filled with punts—flat-bottomed boats that are square at both ends propelled by a long pole. Considering that Cambridge and Oxford are more than a hundred MyLab Economics Visit www.pearson.com/mylab/economics to complete these exercises onlin... |
) or 10 units of luxury per month (by writing songs, playing the guitar, dancing, and so on). a. On a graph, draw the economy’s ppf. Where does the ppf intersect the Y-axis? Where does it intersect the X-axis? What meaning do those points have? b. Suppose the economy produced at a point inside the ppf. Give at least tw... |
of households and firms together, without any central planning or direction, answer the three basic questions: What gets produced? How is it produced? Who consumes what is produced? CHAPTER OUTLINE AND LEARNING OBJECTIV ES 3.1 Firms and Households: The Basic DecisionMaking Units p. 70 Understand the roles of firms, en... |
All firms exist to transform resources into goods and services that people want. The Colorado Symphony Orchestra takes labor, land, a building, musically talented people, instruments, and other inputs and combines them to produce concerts. The production process can be extremely complicated. For example, the first fla... |
hours or fewer hours—they are also constrained by the availability of jobs, current wages, their own abilities, and their accumulated and inherited wealth (or lack thereof). 3.2 LEARNING OBJECTIVE Understand the role of households as both suppliers to firms and buyers of what firms produce. product or output markets T... |
input markets and factor markets mean the same thing. The supply of inputs and their prices ultimately determine household income. Thus, the amount of income a household earns depends on the decisions it makes concerning what types of inputs it chooses to supply. Whether to stay in school, how much and what kind of tr... |
soda costs about $5, and many of you likely have one somewhere in your dormitory room. What determines the price of that soda? How can I explain how much soda you will buy in a given month or year? By the end of this chapter you will see the way in which prices in the market are determined by the interaction of buyers... |
is paribus, or “all else equal.” We will be 1Our description of markets begins with the behavior of firms and households. Modern orthodox economic theory essentially combines two distinct but closely related theories of behavior. The “theory of household behavior,” or “consumer behavior,” has its roots in the works of ... |
Concept Check A demand schedule shows how much of a product a person or household is willing to purchase per time period (each week or each month) at different prices. Clearly that decision is based on numerous interacting factors. Consider Alex who just graduated from college with an entrylevel job at a local bank. D... |
� FIGURE 3.2 Alex’s Demand Curve The relationship between price (P) and quantity demanded (q) presented graphically is called a demand curve. Demand curves have a negative slope, indicating that lower prices cause quantity demanded to increase. Note that Alex’s demand curve is blue; demand in product markets is determi... |
example, that if the price of a good rises enough, the quantity demanded must ultimately drop to zero. The demand curve is thus a tool that helps us explain economic behavior and predict reactions to possible price changes. Marshall’s definition of a social “law” captures the idea: The term “law” means nothing more th... |
willing to pay as much for it. Thus, it is reasonable to expect a downward slope in the demand curve for that good. Thinking about the ways that people are affected by price changes also helps us see what is behind the law of demand. Consider this example: Rosa lives and works in Mexico City. Her elderly mother lives ... |
demand curves intersect the quantity axis is a matter of common sense. Demand in a given period of time is limited, if only by time, even at a zero price. To summarize what we know about the shape of demand curves: 1. They have a negative slope. An increase in price is likely to lead to a decrease in quantity demanded... |
its possessions and paid all of its debts. Wealth is a stock measure: It is measured at a given point in time. If, in a given period, you spend less than your income, you save; the amount that you save is added to your wealth. Saving is the flow that affects the stock of wealth. When you spend more than your income, y... |
�s cars can be expected to influence demand for the other country’s cars. Restaurant meals are substitutes for meals eaten at home, and flying from New York to Washington, D.C., is a substitute for taking the train. The Economics in Practice box describes substitution in the textbook market. Often two products “go toge... |
students have found substitutes. Even in the textbook market student demand does slope down! Chevalier and Goolsbee collected data on textbooks from more than 1600 colleges for the years 1997–2001 to do their research. For that period, the lion’s share of both new and used college textbooks was sold in college booksto... |
Second, tastes are idiosyncratic: Some people like to text, whereas others still prefer to use e-mail; some people prefer dogs, whereas others are crazy about cats. The diversity of individual demands is almost infinite. One of the interesting questions in economics is why, in some markets, diverse consumer tastes giv... |
to the right b. Tea – Supply shifts to the left P P2 P1 e c i r P P P2 P1 S e c i r P D2 S2 S1 D1 Q Q2 Q1 Quantity D Q Q2 Q1 Quantity While tea has become a common health drink, only the countries with suitable climatic conditions can grow tea leaves. Therefore, it is most likely that the fall in supply outweighs the ... |
12:10 AM CHAPTER 3 Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium 79 TABLE 3.2 Shift of Alex’s Demand Schedule Resulting from an Increase in Income Schedule D0 Schedule D1 Price (per Gallon) Quantity Demanded (Gallons per Week at an Income of $500 per Week) Quantity Demanded (Gallons per Week at an Income of $700 per Week) $ ... |
oline is a normal good so an income increase shifts the curve to the right. P 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 ) $ ( D0 D1 0 53 10 15 20 24 26 30 q Gallons per week MyLab Economics Concept Check M03_CASE3826_13_GE_C03.indd 79 17/04/19 12:10 AM 80 PART I Introduction to Economics shift of a demand curv... |
In Figure 3.4(b), an increase in the price of hamburger from $1.49 to $3.09 a pound causes a household to buy less hamburger each month. In other words, the higher price causes the quantity demanded to decline from 10 pounds to 5 pounds per month. This change represents a movement along the demand curve for hamburger.... |
demand would be 8 + 3 + 9, or 20 pounds of coffee per month. The total quantity demanded in the marketplace at a given price is the sum of all the quantities demanded by all the individual households shopping in the market at that price. market demand The sum of all the quantities of a good or service demanded per per... |
indd 81 17/04/19 12:10 AM 82 PART I Introduction to Economics ) $ (.50 1.50 0 P ) 3.50 $ (.50 0 Household A’s demand Household B’s demand Household C’s demand P 3.50 1.50 ) $ ( DB DA P 3.50 1.50 ) $ ( DC Pounds of coffee per month Pounds of coffee per month Pounds of coffee per month Market demand curve DA + B + C Pric... |
in the United States, there are a lot of people willing to pay at least $5 for a 12-pack of soda! Now we turn to the other half of the market: How can we understand the behavior of the many firms selling that soda? What determines their willingness to sell soda? We refer to this as the supply side of the market. M03_C... |
him for those costs. At $1.75 per bushel, however, at least some soybean production takes place on Brown’s farm, and a price increase from $1.75 to $2.25 per bushel causes the quantity supplied by Brown to increase from 10,000 to 20,000 bushels per year. The higher price may justify shifting land from wheat to soybean... |
decrease in quantity supplied. supply curve A graph illustrating how much of a product a firm will sell at different prices. TABLE 3.3 Clarence Brown’s Supply Schedule for Soybeans Price (per Bushel) Quantity Supplied (Bushels per Year) $ 1.50 1.75 2.25 3.00 4.00 5.00 0 10,000 20,000 30,000 45,000 45,000 M03_CASE3826_... |
over time. The introduction of fertilizers, the development of complex farm machinery, and the use of bioengineering to increase the yield of individual crops have all powerfully affected the cost of producing agricultural products. Technology has similarly decreased the costs of producing flat screen televisions. Whe... |
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