If the price for Good A is 4$ and 9000 units are demanded, if PED is -1.5, and price changes to 6$, what is the change in quantity demanded?
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6750
2250
6650
-2250
Question 2
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If the income elasticity of demand for a product is -1.2 a firm that produces that product would benefit from a decrease in:
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The size of the middle class.
The size of the lower class.
The size of government staff.
Question 3
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If a firm wants to maximise revenue they should produce to the point in which:
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Marginal Costs=Average Total Costs
Marginal Revenue=0
Marginal Utility = 0
Question 4
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In a market with perfect competition:
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Demand for firms is downward sloping.
Demand for the industry is downward sloping.
Demand for the firm is perpendicular to quantity demanded.
Demand for the firm equals total revenue.
Question 5
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In a market economy, the price mechanism:
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Helps buyers come in contact with sellers and products.
Helps buyers communicate with sellers.
Helps sellers adjust to inflation.
Question 6
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PED's are useful for firms because:
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They help firms make decisions about employment of factors.
They inform firms about revenue.
They are irrelevant to firms.
Question 7
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PED's are least relevant to firms in which of the following market structures:
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Monopoly
Perfect Competition
Oligopolies
Question 8
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If a teacher leaves a teaching post with a $50,000 anual salary and opens a doughnut shop for $5,000 that will make $145,000 a year the teacher has made:
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$140,000 Economic Profit
$95,000 Normal Profit
$90,000 Economic Profit
An economic profit greater than accounting profit.
Question 9
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A firm will leave its industry and change it for another when: