Where marginal cost is less than average cost,
a. opportunity cost must have been excluded from the calculation of marginal cost.
b. marginal cost must be falling.
c. marginal cost must be rising.
d. marginal cost may be rising, falling, or constant.
d
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The labor demand and labor supply schedules are given in the table above. If a minimum wage of $11 per hour is imposed,
A) a surplus of 300 workers occurs. B) there is no shortage or surplus of workers. C) 900 workers are employed. D) Both answers B and C are correct. E) Both answers A and C are correct.
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We often witness prices of water, gasoline and construction materials surge in a region just before a major storm hits. Some call this "price gouging." In the economic way of thinking, however, those higher prices are caused by
A) an increase in supply and an increase in demand. B) an increase in supply and a decrease in demand. C) a decrease in supply and an increase in demand. D) a decrease in supply and a decrease in demand. E) practices that are not connected to underlying supply and demand conditions.
The marginal product of any input into the production process is the:
A. increase in output that is generated by an additional unit of input. B. decrease in input that is generated by an additional unit of output. C. constant ratio of inputs to outputs. D. ratio total output divided by total quantity.