The unemployment rate is

What will be an ideal response?


(number of people unemployed ( labor force) ( 100)

Economics

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Refer to the accompanying figure. The opportunity cost of making an additional salad:

A. decreases as the number of salads increases. B. increases as the number of salads increases. C. decreases as the number of pizzas decreases. D. remains constant regardless of how many salads are made.

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Firms in an oligopoly market can potentially earn economic profits: a)in the short run, but not the long run

a. In the short run, but not the long run. ?b. In the long run, but not the short run. ?c. In both the short run and long run ?d. In neither the short run nor the long run

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The decision rule for constrained optimization is to select the level for each activity at which

A. total benefit per dollar of total cost is equal across all activities. B. marginal benefit equals marginal cost for each activity. C. total benefit equals total cost for each activity. D. marginal benefit per dollar of marginal cost is equal across all activities.

Economics