Exam 6: Consumer Behaviour
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The table below shows the total value (in dollars) that Andrew gets from playing 9- hole rounds of golf. Rounds of Golf per Month Total Value (\ ) 0 0 1 40 2 70 3 92 4 108 5 120 6 130 7 130 TABLE 6- 3
-Refer to Table 6- 3. If the price of a 9- hole round of golf is $22, then Andrew's consumer surplus will be
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At a garage sale, Dominique purchases a sewing machine for $30 when she was willing to pay $55. If the sewing machine costs $200 new, Dominique's consumer surplus would be _ .
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FIGURE 6- 1
-Refer to Figure 6- 1. Marginal utility is zero when total utility is

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If the income effect is negative and larger in absolute terms than the substitution effect, then the demand curve will be
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An indifference curve plotted for two different goods on the axes
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If John consumes only two goods, A and B, and he is maximizing his utility subject to his budget constraint,
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A demand curve for a normal good is downward sloping due to
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In indifference curve analysis, the consumer's utility- maximizing point is where
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The diagram below shows a set of budget lines facing a household.
FIGURE 6- 7
-Refer to Figure 6- 7. The movement of the budget line from ab to ac could be caused by

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The table below shows the total value (in dollars) that Andrew gets from playing 9- hole rounds of golf. Rounds of Golf per Month Total Value (\ ) 0 0 1 40 2 70 3 92 4 108 5 120 6 130 7 130 TABLE 6- 3
-Refer to Table 6- 3. If the price of a 9- hole round of golf is $16, then Andrew's consumer surplus will be
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FIGURE 6- 8
-Refer to Figure 6- 8. In part (ii), the consumer's move from point Z to point Y is caused by

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A basic hypothesis of marginal utility theory is that the utility a consumer derives from successive units of a good diminishes as total consumption of the good increases. This hypothesis is known as
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Suppose a consumer can purchase only two goods, pasta and cheese. Let the quantity of pasta be measured on the vertical axis and the quantity of cheese be measured on the horizontal axis. If the price of pasta falls, with no change in the price of cheese or in the consumer's money income, then the budget line for the consumer will shift
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FIGURE 6- 8
-Refer to Figure 6- 8. In part (i), the consumer is able to move from point A to point B because of

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In indifference curve analysis, a point to the left of the consumer's budget line
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