Bill consumes two goods: iced tea and spaghetti. The price of iced tea is $2 per bottle, and the price of spaghetti is $8 per serving. His income is $1,000 per month. He spends all of his income each month. He purchases 200 bottles of iced tea. How many servings of spaghetti does he purchase?
a. 125
b. 75
c. 50
d. 10
b
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A) $30 million. B) $10 million. C) $20 million. D) $35 million.
The Who-Needs-A-Doctor? Company makes a do-it-yourself rhinoplasty kit. The company is deciding whether to include a safety feature that would cost $40 for each kit
The company estimates the probability of death without the safety feature is 1/10,000 and the death cost per kit is $50. Based on this information, answer the following questions: a. What is the value the company has placed on a life? b. What is the company's cost-benefit recommendation? c. If the company has overestimated the probability of death and the true probability of death is 1/15,000, what is the true death cost per rhinoplasty kit? d. If the company has overestimated the probability of death and the true probability of death is 1/15,000, what would the true cost-benefit recommendation be for the company? e. If the company has correctly estimated the probability of death but has underestimated by one-half the true value of a life, what is the true death cost per rhinoplasty kit? f. If the company has correctly estimated the probability of death but has underestimated by one-half the true value of a life, what would the true cost-benefit recommendation be for the company?
The marginal cost of labor, MCL, is defined as the
A) total cost of producing a certain amount of output. B) total cost of hiring an additional worker. C) additional cost of hiring an additional worker. D) additional fixed cost of producing an additional unit of output.
Hotspur Incorporated, a manufacturer of microwaves, is a price taker in both the input and output markets. To maximize its profit, Hotspur will hire labor up to the point where
A) the marginal revenue product of labor equals the wage rate. B) the marginal revenue product of labor equals the output price. C) the marginal product of labor is no longer positive. D) all economies of scale have been exhausted.