The production possibilities frontier illustrates
a. the constant rate of technological progress.
b. the fundamental concept of scarcity.
c. the rapid growth of the U.S. economy.
d. that guns always trade for butter.
b
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Tim Tupper's term paper-typing business is a perfectly competitive firm in long-run equilibrium. Which of the following does not describes the firm's situation?
a. It will be minimizing average total cost. b. It will be charging a price equal to marginal cost. c. It will be charging a price equal to average total cost. d. It will be earning a normal profit. e. Entrepreneurs outside the industry will be eager to enter.
A monopolistic competitor's demand curve is
a. perfectly elastic b. less elastic than a monopolist's or oligopolist's but more elastic than a perfect competitor's c. as elastic as an oligopolist's d. more elastic than a monopolist's or oligopolist's but less elastic than a perfect competitor's e. perfectly inelastic
Union membership was relatively low during the Great Depression.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Suppose that in a month the price of a cup of coffee increases from $1 to $1.50. At the same time, the quantity of cups of coffee demanded decreases from 200 to 190. The price elasticity of demand for cups of coffee (calculated using the midpoint formula) is approximately:
A. 0.13. B. 0.5. C. 7.8. D. 20.