If a consumer allocates income between goods A and B, total utility is maximized when:
a. the marginal utility of A = the marginal utility of B.
b. the marginal utility of A = the marginal utility of B = 0.
c. the price of A = price of B.
d. marginal utility of A / price of A = marginal utility of B / price of B = 0.
e. marginal utility of A / price of A = marginal utility of B / price of B.
e
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A) social science that studies goods with no alternative uses. B) natural science that studies goods with no alternative uses. C) social science concerned chiefly with how people choose among alternatives. D) social science concerned chiefly with reasons why society has unlimited resources
Suppose that Fly-By-Night Airlines, Inc. has a return of 5% twenty percent of the time and 0% the rest of the time. The expected return from Fly-By-Night is:
A. 1.0%. B. 0.1%. C. 10%. D. 0.2%.
A year-long drought that destroys most wheat crops for the season would shift the:
A. short-run aggregate supply curve only. B. aggregate demand curve only. C. aggregate demand curve, and the short-run aggregate supply curve would shift in response. D. short-run aggregate supply curve and the long-run aggregate supply curve.
Alyssa runs a "Dessert of the month" delivery service. To operate her business each year, she spends $30,000 on baking supplies (flour, sugar, etc.), $50,000 on rent for her shop, and $5,000 for utilities. She owns her delivery van, estimating that in alternate uses it could generate $15,000 in income per year. Alyssa has other funds tied up in the business that could earn her $2,000 per year in interest. Alyssa has been offered $50,000 to work full time at a competing bakery. Her bakery generates $160,000 per year in revenue from subscriptions to her monthly service.Based on the information above, which of the following is true about Alyssa's costs and profits?
A. Alyssa's implicit costs are $67,000 and her economic profits are $93,000. B. Alyssa's explicit costs are $85,000 and her accounting profits are $8,000. C. Alyssa's explicit costs are $67,000 and her implicit costs are $85,000. D. Alyssa's accounting profits are $75,000 and her economic profits are $8,000.