With y measured on the vertical axis and x measured on the horizontal axis, the slope of a straight line is defined as

A) y/x.
B) x/y.
C) (change in y)/ (change in x).
D) (change in x)/ (change in y).


C

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What is the difference between federal purchases and federal expenditures?

What will be an ideal response?

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If there are discouraged workers: a. they are included in the official count of the unemployed

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The upward-sloping short run aggregate supply curve shows the ___________ relationship between the price level and the level of real GDP in the short run.

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