Exhibit 8-7 Monopolist
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According to the information provided in Exhibit 8-7, if the Rudd Ice Company is a monopoly and is currently charging a price of $6, what would you advise Rudd to do?
A. Stay where he is currently operating because he is charging the profit maximizing price.
B. Increase price and decrease output.
C. Decrease price and increase output.
D. Increase output and hold price constant.
Answer: B
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A) AD; rightward B) AD; leftward C) SAS; rightward D) SAS; leftward
Refer to the graph above. Points A, B, and C represent ________, ________, and ________, respectively
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a. macroeconomics b. microeconomics c. positive economics d. normative economics e. macrometrics
If opportunity costs are constant, then
A. factors of production must not be fully employed. B. the production possibilities curve is a negatively sloped straight line. C. the production possibilities curve bows outward. D. the production possibilities curve does not exist.