If price is greater than average variable cost, then the firm
a. should cease production
b. earns economic profits
c. just breaks even
d. makes an economic loss
e. may make either an economic profit or loss
E
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Which of the following equations is true of a profit-maximizing firm?
A) Wage = value of worker's marginal product B) Wage = worker's marginal product C) Wage = worker's total product D) Wage = average product of all workers
The difference between a perfectly competitive firm's total revenue and its total cost is
A) always positive. B) always negative. C) always zero. D) greatest at the profit-maximizing level of output.
Refer to Figure 7-1. Suppose the government allows imports of leather footwear into the United States. The market price falls to $24. What area represents consumer surplus?
A) R + S B) V + W + X + Y C) R + S + V D) R + S + T + U
Joe runs a pizzeria at a busy place in a city. Around 125 customers visit every day and they each buy 3 pizzas on average. Joe has employed 20 laborers to make pizzas. The productivity of one laborer per day in the pizzeria is equal to _____
a. 6.25 pizzas per worker b. 18.75 pizzas per worker c. 6.67 pizzas per worker d. 41.67 pizzas per worker e. 20.75 pizzas per worker