3. categories of expenditures edison and hilary girard live in swarthmore, pa. hilary's father, kevin, lives in sweden. for each of the following transactions that occur in their lives, identify whether it is included in the calculation of u. s. gdp as part of consumption (c), investment (i), government purchases (g), exports (x), or imports (m). check all that apply. transaction c i g x m hilary's father in sweden orders a bottle of vermont maple syrup from the producer's website. hilary gets a new video camera made in the united states. edison's employer upgrades all of its computer systems using u. s.-made parts. the state of pennsylvania repaves highway pa 320, which goes through the center of swarthmore. edison buys a sweater made in guatemala.

Explanation:

1. Hilary's father in Sweden orders a bottle of Vermont maple syrup from the producer's website: included in U.S exports (X) account because it produced in the U.S soil.

2. Hilary gets a new video camera made in the United States: included in Consumption (C) account.

3. Edison's employer upgrades all of its computer systems using U.S.-made parts: included in the Investment (I) account because it is capital expenditure.

4.The state of Pennsylvania repaves highway PA 320, which goes through the center of Swarthmore: included in government purchases (G) account because Pennsylvania repaves are paid by the state of Pennsylvania.

5 .Edison buys a sweater made in Guatemala: included in Imports (M) account because it is consumed in U.S soil but not produced there.  

b. a single paragraph.

a paragraph is a series of sentences that are organized and make sense, and are all related to a single topic . almost every piece of writing you do that is longer than a few sentences should be organized into paragraphs. this is because paragraphs show a reader where the subdivisions of an essay begin and end, and thus the reader see the organization of the essay into subjects in order to be able to understand its main points.

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