Marginal and average tax rates: Use the tax rate taken from Exhibit 11.6 to calculate the average tax rate for Lansing, Inc., this year. Lansing's pretax income was $275,000. (Round final answer to nearest whole percent.)

Exhibit 11.6 U. S. Corporate Tax Rate Schedule in 2007
Taxable Income
More Than But Not More Than

Tax Owed
$0 $50,000

15% of amount beyond $0
$50,000
$75,000
$7,500 +
25% of amount beyond $50,000
$75,000
$100,000
$13,750 +
34% of amount beyond $75,000
$100,000
$335,000 $22,250 +
39% of amount beyond $100,000
$335,000
$10,000,000
$113,900 +
34% of amount beyond $335,000
$10,000,000
$15,000,000
$3,400,000 +
35% of amount beyond $10,000,000
$15,000,000
$18,333,333
$5,150,000 +
38% of amount beyond $15,000,000
$18,333,333

35% on all income

The price of trade suppose that portugal and sweden both produce rye and wine. portugal's opportunity cost of producing a bottle of wine is 4 bushels of rye while sweden's opportunity cost of producing a bottle of wine is 10 bushels of rye. by comparing the opportunity cost of producing wine in the two countries, you can tell thatportugal/sweden has a comparative advantage in the production of wine. andportugal/sweden has a comparative advantage in the production of rye. suppose that portugal and sweden consider trading wine and rye with each other. portugal can gain from specialization and trade as long as it receives more rye for each bottle of wine it exports to sweden. similarly, sweden can gain from trade as long as it receives more bottles of wine for each bushel of rye it exports to portugal. based on your answer to the last question, which of the following prices of trade (that is, price of wine in terms of rye) would allow both sweden and portugal to gain from trade? a. 1 bushels of rye per bottle of wineb. 8 bushels of rye per bottle of winec. 9 bushels of rye per bottle of wined. 3 bushels of rye per bottle of wine

10. which of the following is true regarding preretirement inflation? a. defined-benefit plans provide more inflation protection than defined-contribution plans. b. because of preretirement inflation, possible investment-related growth is increased for defined-contribution plans. c. all types of benefits are designed to cope with preretirement inflation. d. preretirement inflation is generally reflected in the increase in an employee's compensation level over a working career.

Describe three scenarios in which you might utilize mathematics to investigate a crime scene, accident scene, or to make decisions involving police practice. be sure to explain how math is used in police as they work through each scenario.