Sam loves cookies. She receives 200 utils for one cookie, 360 for two cookies, 490 for the third, 560 for four cookies, and 600 for five cookies. The marginal utility of the third cookie is
A) 130.
B) 490.
C) 70.
D) cannot be determined.
Answer: A
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A) a U.S. resident purchasing French wine. B) a French subsidiary's plant in New Jersey purchasing parts from the main plant in Paris. C) a gift of wheat from the U.S. government to India. D) a tourist from Germany buying a ticket to fly from New York to Chicago on American Airlines.
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a. a normative statement b. a positive statement c. a macroeconomic observation d. financial manipulation e. a sign that the market may be undervalued
If the price of labor goes up and a firm replaces some workers with more machines, this is the _______ effect; when the price of a resource declines, and consequently the level of production rises, this is the _______ effect.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).