Ariana withdrew $400,000 out of her personal savings account and used it to start her new Internet cafe. The savings account pays 3 percent interest per year. During the first year of her business, Ariana sold 2,000 cups of coffee for $2.50 per cup and 4,000 hours of Internet time, also at $2.50 per hour. During the first year, the business made monetary outlays of $9,000 . You may assume that
there is no opportunity cost to Ariana's time. Ariana's economic profit for the year was
a. $-394,000.
b. $-6,000.
c. $3,000.
d. $6,000.
b
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When deciding to implement a congestion tax, economists and the government would use the elements of the economic way of thinking to primarily determine
A) what tax amount should be charged. B) who should be exempt from the tax. C) if the tax would be allocated equitably. D) how much revenue will the tax generate.
The above table shows Homer's marginal utility from consuming various quantities of chocolate chip cookies and cake. The price of cookies is $2 per pound, the price of cake is $2 per slice and Homer has $18 to spend on cookies and cake
Homer will consume ________ pounds of cookies and ________ slices of cake. A) 5; 4 B) 4; 5 C) 6; 3 D) None of the above answers is correct.
How many people still live on less than the equivalent of $1.25 per day (new definition of "extreme poverty")?
a. 100 million. b. 500 million. c. 1.4 billion. d. 2.2 billion.
Merit goods
a. are goods that everyone wants b. can be produced and sold on the private market c. are only sold on private markets d. are only produced by the government e. are distinguished from other goods by having more merit