Elasticity of demand equals the ratio of the percentage change in the quantity demanded to the percentage change in the price of the good.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

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"I really enjoy watching movies. The first one is best. After that I still enjoy movies but the last one is not as much fun to watch as the one before it." This statement reflects the

A) principle of diminishing total utility. B) principle of diminishing marginal utility. C) principle of increasing marginal utility. D) law of supply.

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Suppose a monopolist faces the constant price elasticity demand curve:

p = Q? where ? < 0. The monopolist has a constant marginal cost of c. a. If ? < -1, can you determine what price and quantity will the monopolist set? Explain. b. If 0 > ? > -1, what is the price and quantity the monopolist will set?

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Which of the following is true?

a. The production possibilities curve indicates that it will be impossible to expand total output with the passage of time. b. As long as resources are scarce, output cannot be increased. c. The size of the economic pie is fixed, and therefore, if one individual has more income, others must have less. d. Over time, the output of goods and services can be increased through human ingenuity and discovery of better ways of doing things.

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Which of the following would increase the gap in wages between skilled and unskilled workers?

A) less technological progress of the kind we've experienced in the past 15 years B) new types of production technology that require workers to have more skills C) an increase in the costs of going to college D) all of the above E) none of the above

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