Refer to the table below. In the short run, if A = 12 and B = 21, which of the following is true?





Suppose you are the manager of Big Mess Managers, a large manufacturer of paper towels that uses two variable inputs and one input that is fixed in the short-run.



A) You should buy more of Input 1 and less of Input 2.

B) You should buy more of Input 2 and less of Input 1.

C) You should buy less of the Fixed Input.

D) Your firm is minimizing costs.


A) You should buy more of Input 1 and less of Input 2.

Anthropology & Archaeology

You might also like to view...

The path from foraging to food production was one that people followed independently in at least seven world areas. New archaeological research techniques continue to overturn previously held assumptions about where and how this occurred. Microscopic evidence from early cultivated plants suggests that

A. farming in the South American tropical lowlands preceded domestication in the Middle East by some 5,000 years. B. New World farming began in the lowlands of South America and then spread to Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean islands. C. maize was first domesticated in the Pacific islands and brought to the Americas by colonizers who navigated to the western coasts of South America. D. all early domesticates originated among the Clovis people, whose knowledge then diffused southward. E. the old assumption that New World farming originated in the upland areas is correct.

Anthropology & Archaeology

Sex cells possess a half the chromosomes of the somatic cells. This is referred to as the __________ number of chromosomes

a. homologous b. heterozygous c. haploid d. homozygous

Anthropology & Archaeology

The use of anthropological findings, concepts, and methods to solve contemporary social problems is

A. economic anthropology. B. applied anthropology. C. participant observation. D. conceptual anthropology. E. sociobiology.

Anthropology & Archaeology

Sexual selection does not seem to be an important factor in the evolution of sexual dimorphism

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Anthropology & Archaeology