Under a progressive tax system, the tax rate increases as income increases

In India last year, the growth rate of real GDP was 3.5 percent and the population grew from 1,000 million people to 1,100 million. Real GDP per person

A) increased by 13.5 percent. B) decreased by 6.5 percent. C) increased by 6.5 percent. D) decreased by 13.5 percent. E) increased by 3.5 percent.

Which of the following does NOT shift the demand curve for broccoli?

A) an increase in the cost of fertilizer used to grow broccoli B) a warning by the U.S. Surgeon General that broccoli causes schizophrenia C) an increase in the price of spinach, a substitute for broccoli, because rodents gobbled up much of this year's spinach crop D) a decrease in the price of spinach, a substitute for broccoli, because of a bumper crop of spinach this year