At the birthday party of your best friend, you see Skylar help himself to a second piece of cake. For this individual, it must be the case that
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At the birthday party of your best friend, you see Skylar help himself to a second piece of cake. For this individual, it must be the case that
the marginal benefit of the second piece of cake is less than the marginal cost
the total benefit received from eating cake is falling
the marginal benefit of the second piece of cake is greater than the marginal cost
Skylar is irrationally consuming too much cake
Pregunta 2
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Nancy has the choice to spend one hour studying for an exam, mowing the lawn for one hour at a wage of $6, or babysitting her niece for one hour at a wage of $8. If we know that Nancy has chosen to study for the exam, which of the following is true?
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The benefit received from studying is greater than the opportunity cost of $8
The opportunity cost of studying is $14, which is less than the benefit received from studying
Nancy is indifferent between studying and mowing the lawn
Nancy's behavior is irrational since babysitting was clearly superior to all other options
Nancy is indifferent between babysitting and mowing the lawn
Pregunta 3
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Assuming no government involvement in this market, if the current price were at the level of 0A, we would expect
A decrease in the availability of fertile farmland
A plague of destructive grasshoppers
An increase in the productivity of the labor force
A severe and long-lasting drought
A decline in the rate of technological improvements
Pregunta 6
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If Matt's total utility from consuming bratwurst increased at a constant rate, no matter how many bratwurst Matt consumed, what would Matt's demand curve for bratwurst look like?
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Vertical
Horizontal
Downward sloping
Upward sloping
first upward, but eventually downward sloping
Pregunta 7
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Which is true of monopolistic competition?
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Firms earn long-run
Firms spend money to differentiate and advertise their products
P= MR = MC = ATC
In the long run the market is allocatively efficient
Excess capacity is eliminated in the long run
Pregunta 8
Pregunta
Dead weight loss is equal to which of the following areas?