If soybean farmers know that the demand for soybeans is inelastic, in order to increase their total revenues they should
a. use more fertilizers and weed killers to increase their yields.
b. plant additional acres to increase their output.
c. reduce the number of acres they plant to decrease their output.
d. Both a and b are correct.
c
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Once a monopoly has determined how much it produces, it will charge a price that
A) is determined by the intersection of the marginal cost and average total cost curves. B) minimizes marginal cost. C) is determined by its demand curve. D) is independent of the amount produced. E) is equal to its average total cost.
If all firms in the industry have similar demand, marginal revenue, and cost curves as the firm in the figure above, in the long run
A) nothing changes. B) some firms exit the industry and the economic losses of the remaining firms decrease. C) some firms exit the industry and the economic profits of the remaining firms increase. D) new firms enter the industry and the economic losses of the original firms decrease. E) new firms enter the industry and the economic profits of the original firms increase.
Which of the following will, unambiguously, decrease the price level?
A. an increase in government spending and a decrease in costs B. an increase in government spending and an increase in costs C. a decrease in government spending and an increase in costs D. a decrease in government spending and a decrease in costs
To be a natural monopoly, a firm must
a. control an essential natural resource input. b. be very large. c. have a continuously falling average cost curve as output rises. d. have falling average costs over a substantial range of total market demand.