Harry owns a hot dog stand near campus. When a pizza stand opens next to Harry's hot dog stand, he finds that he has to lower the price of his hot dogs in order to attract the same number of customers. Explain why this is the case


Customers view the hot dogs and pizza as substitute goods. The demand for Harry's hot dogs falls as some
customers choose pizza instead of hot dogs.

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A firm estimates its long-run production function to beQ = -0.0075K3L3 + 12K2L2Suppose the firm employs 12 units of capital. Average product when 10 units of labor are employed is

A. 12,248 B. 15,984 C. 30,672 D. 14,287 E. 13,142

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