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1.) Recently, the Obama administration proposed a $1.00 per unit (pack) excise tax on cigarettes (which would be imposed legally or statutorily on cigarettes sellers). Some news reports have suggested that the proposed tax would increase cigarettes prices by $1.00 per pack and be paid by smokers (cigarette buyers). Using (separate) competitive supply and demand diagrams of the cigarettes market carefully show and explain TWO extreme demand and supply conditions under which these news reports would be true.

2.)Suppose the economy produces only two goods: consumer goods and capital goods (K). Also suppose the economy is operating at full employment. Finally, suppose consumer goods are subject to legal price controls (price ceiling). Use a PPF to show the economy's
output combination of C and K goods with price controls versus the economy's output combination without price controls. Explain your reasoning.