You operate a car detailing business with a fixed amount of machinery (capital), but you have recently altered the number of workers that you employ per hour
Three employees can generate an average product of 4 cars per person in each hour, and five employees can generate an average product of 3 cars per person in each hour. What is the marginal product of labor as you increase the labor from three to five employees? A) MP = 3 cars
B) MP = 1.5 cars
C) MP = 15 cars
D) MP = -1 cars
B
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Use the following graph to answer the next question.
Which line in the graph above would best illustrate the asset demand for money curve?
A. Line 1 B. Line 2 C. Line 3 D. Line 4
When a firm's long-run average total cost falls as its output increases, the firm is experiencing
A) economies of scale. B) diseconomies of scale. C) constant returns to scale. D) decreasing marginal returns. E) decreasing cost of marginal returns.
In any society, an effective system of property rights would not be possible without
A) the cooperation of other people. B) the entire legal system to adjudicate them fairly. C) the police to enforce them. D) non-property (public rights).
In the 1970s there was a long draught in California that left a large section of Southern California parched
As water prices began to soar how do you think most residents changed their consumption of water? What kinds of water consumption probably did not change and why? Make sure to use utility in your explanation.