John is trying to decide how to divide his time between his job as a stocker in the local grocery store, which pays $7 per hour for as many hours as he chooses to work, and cleaning windows for the businesses downtown. He makes $2 for every window he cleans. John is indifferent between the two tasks, and the number of windows he can clean depends on how many hours he spends cleaning in a day, as shown in the table below:Hours PerDay CleaningWindowsTotal Numberof WindowsCleaned0017211314416517John's benefit from his first hour cleaning windows is:
A. $7
B. $14
C. $18
D. $2.
Answer: B
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A) money neutrality exists and prices adjust rapidly. B) money neutrality does not exist and prices adjust rapidly. C) money neutrality exists and prices do not adjust rapidly. D) money neutrality does not exist and prices do not adjust rapidly.
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a. capital deepening b. capital accretion c. capital productivity d. capital-labor output shocks e. capital stockpiling
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A. reduce; raising B. reduce; lowering C. increase; raising D. increase; lowering