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| | The assignment is to begin studying for the final exam. These questions are for review only. The answers will be posted on www.conservapedia.com . You do not have to hand in answers. | | The assignment is to begin studying for the final exam. These questions are for review only. The answers will be posted on www.conservapedia.com . You do not have to hand in answers. |
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| | 1. The curve that illustrates how much a company or country can produce of multiple items is called the ________________________. | | 1. The curve that illustrates how much a company or country can produce of multiple items is called the ________________________. |
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| | (d) There are many competitors. | | (d) There are many competitors. |
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| | 3. A customer to our imaginary homeschool dinner expected to pay $40, but we only charged him $25. An economist would call the $15 difference the ___________. (Hint: see Lecture #10 review list) | | 3. A customer to our imaginary homeschool dinner expected to pay $40, but we only charged him $25. An economist would call the $15 difference the ___________. (Hint: see Lecture #10 review list) |
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| | 7. Suppose that is your firm in Figure A (attached). What changes might enable you to move production to point D? | | 7. Suppose that is your firm in Figure A (attached). What changes might enable you to move production to point D? |
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| − | 10. Look at Figure C (right). Assuming it represents the long run, describe what type of industry this is (e.g., monopoly, oligopoly, monopolistic competition, or perfect competition). Explain your answer.
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| | 11. Economics is sometimes called the “dismal science” because economists predicted population to grow faster than the food supply, marginal returns to diminish, and profits to vanish. But, in fact, there is an abundance of food and profits have not vanished. Why is economics not so dismal after all? | | 11. Economics is sometimes called the “dismal science” because economists predicted population to grow faster than the food supply, marginal returns to diminish, and profits to vanish. But, in fact, there is an abundance of food and profits have not vanished. Why is economics not so dismal after all? |
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| − | 12. Look again at Figure C (attached). This question has three parts. (I) At what point is there an allocatively efficient quantity? (II) At what point is revenue maximized? (III) At what point is profit maximized? Explain your answers.
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| | [[Category:Economics lectures]] | | [[Category:Economics lectures]] |
| | {{DEFAULTSORT: Economics Lecture 13}} | | {{DEFAULTSORT: Economics Lecture 13}} |