Producers want to charge prices that and, they hope, earn profits

Producers want to charge prices that cover their costs and, they hope, earn profits.

The goal of any businessand entrepreneur in the market place is to make profits. And the will seek to produce at the lowest cost as possible in order to make much more profit. Nevertheless, first of all, businesses must  ensure that they will not lose money by making sure their sales cover their costs in order to make profits. If a company earns what it spends, that is the breakeven point.

health and medicine because people are dying from not being healthy or not strong enough medicine

the right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.  " the  participant in european imperialism is being described below is that  their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.