Consider the production possibilities frontier displayed in the figure shown. The opportunity cost of a bushel of apples is:



A. 3/20 watermelons.

B. 1/20 watermelons.

C. 1/40 watermelons.

D. 1/30 watermelons.


B. 1/20 watermelons.

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50, then Kristen buys ________ DVDs; if the price of a DVD is $18.00, then Kristen buys ________ DVDs. A) 12; 14 B) 5; 10 C) 10; 15 D) 7.5; 12.5

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Refer to the table below. The perfectly competitive firm has a random demand with a 50 percent chance of being $7 and a 50 percent chance of being $9. What quantity should the firm produce to maximize its expected profit?


The above table summarizes the marginal cost of production at various quantity levels for a perfectly competitive firm.

A) 130
B) 110
C) 120
D) 140

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Which would a taxpayer in the 35% tax bracket prefer: a $2,000 tax exemption or a $700 tax credit? What if the taxpayer were in the 25% tax bracket?

What will be an ideal response?

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The Coase bargaining solution applies to a situation when there is a ________ number of affected parties, and the transactions costs of bargaining are relatively ________.

A. large; high B. large; low C. small; high D. small; low

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