Why might it make sense to avoid paying for extended warranties on televisions and other small home appliances?

What will be an ideal response?


It usually does not make sense to buy extended warranties. A warranty is like an insurance policy; if you buy a warranty you are insuring against the possibility the appliance will break. In most cases the cost of the warranty is much higher than the expected value of the losses.

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If one day the dollar is trading at 1.00 euro per dollar and the next day the exchange rate is 0.88 euros per dollar, one possible factor that might have led to this change is

A) an increase in the U.S. interest rate. B) a decrease in the European interest rate. C) the Fed buying dollars. D) the Fed selling dollars. E) an increase in the expected future exchange rate.

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When a minimum wage is introduced ________ the equilibrium wage rate, the quantity of labor demanded ________ and the quantity of labor supplied ________, thus creating unemployment

A) above; increases; decreases B) below; increases; decreases C) above; decreases; increases D) above; decreases; decreases E) below; decreases; decreases

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If current output is less than the profit-maximizing output, then the next unit produced

A) will decrease profit. B) will increase cost more than it increases revenue. C) will increase revenue more than it increases cost. D) will increase revenue without increasing cost. E) may or may not increase profit.

Economics

If there is unrest in the Middle East, and Saudi Arabian investors purchase German securities, the

A) demand for Saudi Arabian currency will fall. B) demand for Saudi Arabian currency will rise. C) supply of Saudi Arabian currency will fall. D) supply of Saudi Arabian currency will rise.

Economics