Recall the Application about choosing a price for drones based on a linear demand curve to answer the following question(s).Recall the Application. Suppose a firm that produces drones has a linear demand curve for its product, with a vertical intercept of $1,500. If the firm initially charged a price of $500 and then raised its price to $750, the firm's total revenue would ________ and total cost would ________.
A. increase; increase
B. increase; decrease
C. decrease; increase
D. decrease; decease
Answer: B
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Assume that consumption spending is equal to $600, government spending is $100 billion, and GDP is $800 billion. If net exports are equal to zero, investment spending must be
A) $700 billion. B) $600 billion. C) $500 billion. D) $100 billion.
The principal advantage of the game theory approach is that it allows us to
a. take all possible information into consideration before developing a theory b. better understand why the firm in a competitive industry avoids games c. better understand how the government should regulate a natural monopoly d. better understand decision making when one person's choices affect another person's choices e. understand the relationship between the firm and the industry demand curves
(Last Word) A caller to a radio talk show states that oil companies are "greedy price gougers." This is an example of:
A. loaded terminology. B. the "after this, therefore because of this fallacy." C. the fallacy of composition. D. the economic perspective.
Assume that the marginal cost of growing pine trees does not include the benefit to the environment as a result of carbon dioxide reduction. By producing where P = MC, the grower will be producing ________ the efficient amount of pine trees.
A. less than B. exactly C. more than D. sometimes more and sometimes less than