Refer to the information provided in Figure 2.4 below to answer the question(s) that follow.
Figure 2.4According to Figure 2.4, as the economy moves from Point B to Point D, the opportunity cost of motorcycles, measured in terms of hybrid cars,
A. increases
B. remains constant.
C. initially increases, then decreases.
D. decreases.
Answer: A
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Using the economic way of thinking, which of the statements listed below best answers the following question: Why do professional athletes tend to make more money than professional poets?
A) Americans love sports and hate poetry. B) Poets are less greedy and materialistic than athletes. C) More people are willing to pay $50 per ticket to see an athletic competition than they are to listen to a poet. D) The supply of poets is too low.
The above table gives Sue's marginal utility schedules for sub sandwiches and Mountain Dew, the only products Sue consumes. Suppose initially the price of a sub sandwich is $4 each and the price of a Mountain Dew is $2 each. Sue's income is $12
If the price of subs rises to $6 each, Sue will consume A) more Mountain Dews. B) fewer subs. C) fewer Mountain Dews so that she can still afford to buy two subs. D) Both answers A and B are correct.
What happens in a perfectly competitive industry when economic profit is greater than zero?
A) Existing firms may get larger. B) New firms may enter the industry. C) Firms may move along their LRAC curves to new outputs. D) There may be pressure on prices to fall. E) All of the above may occur.
Which of the following is true of the disposable income of the households?
a. An increase in the average price level lowers the disposable income of the households. b. Disposable income refers to the purchasing power of nominal income. c. An increase in direct taxes will lower the disposable income of the households. d. A decrease in government transfers will increase the disposable income of the households. e. Disposable income refers to the net private transfers of the household sector.