It costs a company $35,000 to produce 500 graphing calculators. The company's cost will be $35,080 if it produces an additional graphing calculator. If the company produces 501 graphing calculators then
a. its average cost is greater than its marginal cost.
b. its average cost and its marginal cost are equal.
c. its average cost is less than its marginal cost.
d. This cannot be determined from the information given.
c
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A. consumption, investment, exports, and imports. B. consumption, investment, government, and capital spending. C. consumption, investment, government, and net export spending. D. consumption, internet, government, and capital spending.
The only variable that can affect a movement along the demand curve is
A. the number of substitutes. B. income levels. C. the price of the good itself. D. the number of buyers.
Assume that you have heard news that a local radio station is hosting a luncheon at your school by offering hot dogs, chips and cola at no expense to the student body. Why would economists say that this lunch is not truly free?
What will be an ideal response?
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A) Both firm A and firm B choose the high price. B) Both firm A and firm B choose the low price. C) Firm A chooses the low price while firm B chooses the high price. D) Firm A chooses the high price while firm B chooses the low price.