A farmer grows wheat and sells to a miller for $90. The miller turns the wheat into flour and sells the flour to a baker for $145. The baker turns the wheat into bread and sells the bread to consumers for $155. Consumers eat the bread. Assume that these transactions account for all economic activity in this economy.
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