Which statement best describes the author’s likely purpose for proposing questions in paragraph 1 A. to show that money is the most important factor in happiness
B. to prompt readers to consider how money affects their happiness
C. to prompt readers to imagine what they would do with extra cash
D. to show that experts are unsure how money affects one’s happiness

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How much money do you think it would take to make you happy? Would an extra $10,000 a year do it or would it take a $100,000 salary bump to improve your mood?

A new study from Princeton economist Angus Deaton and psychologist Daniel Kahneman suggests that number depends on how you define happiness. The authors draw a distinction between emotional well-being, “the quality of a person’s everyday experience such as joy, fascination, anxiety, sadness, anger, and affection,” and life evaluation, “a person’s thoughts about his or her life (on a longer time scale).”

Their study of data from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index found that while “life evaluations rise steadily with income,” emotional well-being drops off at about $75,000 a year.

Beyond $75,000, money is important for life evaluation but does nothing for happiness, enjoyment, sadness, or stress. Both factors are important; it is good to have high emotional well-being, but it is also good to think your life is going well.

According to the most recent census data, the median U.S. household income was $52,000 in 2008, with about a third of households making above $75,000

Explanation:

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.

yes they most likly are and have planed t try to bring human life and supplies there also(due to global warming and other harmful resorces)