On a price/quantity graph, a straight horizontal demand curve

a. has zero price elasticity.
b. is perfectly elastic.
c. is perfectly inelastic.
d. is perfectly unit elastic.


b. is perfectly elastic.

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A) increases; increases B) increases; reduces C) decreases; increases D) decreases; reduces

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a. change in quantity demanded b. shift in the demand curve c. change in surplus d. shift in substitutes

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An economy is said to have a comparative advantage in producing a particular good if it:

A) can produce more of all goods than another economy. B) can produce less of all goods than another economy. C) has the highest cost for producing that good. D) has the lowest cost for producing that good.

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