Assume the short-run average total cost for a perfectly competitive industry remains constant as the output of the industry expands. In the long run, the industry supply curve will:

a. have a positive slope.
b. have a negative slope.
c. be perfectly horizontal.
d. be perfectly vertical.


c

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If Japan has an absolute advantage over the United States in making TVs, then Japan:

A. probably sells TVs to the United States. B. produces more TVs than the United States using the same resources. C. has the ability to produce TVs at a lower opportunity cost than the United States. D. it will have no reason to trade with the US.

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At the utility maximizing level, the ratio of the marginal utility of pizzas to that of sandwiches is 3:4 . If the price of a pizza is $3, then the price of a sandwich is _____

a. $6 b. $4 c. $9 d. $8

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Like the human body, an economy is made up of many small, specialized, interactive parts; like blood circulates in a human body, money circulates through an economy, providing necessary resources for both households and firms

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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