Say a consumer is choosing between wine and cheese. The price of wine is 10 and the price of cheese is 5. If the marginal rate of substitution is 4, and if wine is on the horizontal axis and cheese is on the vertical axis then the consumer is purchasing
A. too much wine.
B. purchasing more than what her income would allow.
C. just the right amount of both goods.
D. too much cheese.
Answer: D
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When firms set prices by adding a fixed percentage markup to marginal costs, they are likely
A) concerned with the rate of profit rather than its net amount. B) earning a satisfactory rather than a maximum profit. C) exploiting their customers. D) poorly managed. E) searching for the most advantageous prices to set on the basis of limited information.
Refer to the table below. If the profit for each unit of paper product is $3.00 and the profit for each unit of lumber is $13.50, what is Big Oaks' marginal cost of producing between points C and D on their production possibilities frontier?
Big Oaks can produce either paper products or lumber with each tree that they harvest. Because Big Oaks can adjust the amount of paper products and lumber they produce from the harvested trees, paper products and lumber are produced in variable proportions. The above table summarizes Big Oaks production possibilities from each harvested tree.
A) $7.50
B) $2.50
C) $3.75
D) $9.25
Refer to the figure shown, which represents the production possibilities frontiers for Countries A and B. Considering both country's production possibilities frontiers, we can conclude that Country B will specialize in:
A. trucks, and be willing to accept no fewer than 3 cars for each truck.
B. cars, and be willing to give no more than 3 cars for each truck.
C. trucks, and be willing to accept no more than 3 cars for each truck.
D. cars, and be willing to give no fewer than 3 cars for each truck.
In response to a severe recession, the Fed more than doubled the monetary base and pushed short-term interest rates to near zero during 2009-2010 . What happened in 2011?
a. The inflation rate soared to double-digit levels. b. Aggregate demand increased and the economy recovered rapidly. c. The large budget deficit of the earlier years was transformed into a budget surplus. d. The high rate of unemployment continued.