Exam 16: Introduction

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Jen won $900 in a lottery.She has a choice between using the money to buy a sofa,a television,or going on a vacation.If she chooses to buy a television,the opportunity cost of this decision is

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Cheese (tons) DVDs (thousands) 0 60 2 56 4 48 6 36 8 20 10 0 -The table above lists six points on the production possibilities frontier for cheese and DVDs.Given this information,which of the following combinations is unattainable?

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Lizzie takes 20 seconds to stuff an envelope and 10 seconds to seal it.Arnold takes 15 seconds to stuff an envelope and 5 seconds to seal it.Lizzie has a comparative advantage in ________ and Arnold has a comparative advantage in ________.

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Shoes are a normal good and people's incomes rise.Simultaneously the number of companies making shoes decreases.As a result,the equilibrium price of a pair of shoes ________ and the equilibrium quantity ________.

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  -The figure above shows the market for digital cameras.If consumers' incomes rise and a digital camera is a normal good,the equilibrium quantity of digital cameras will be ________ thousand cameras and the price of a digital camera will be ________. -The figure above shows the market for digital cameras.If consumers' incomes rise and a digital camera is a normal good,the equilibrium quantity of digital cameras will be ________ thousand cameras and the price of a digital camera will be ________.

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The number of companies making shoes decreases.As a result,the equilibrium price of a pair of shoes ________ and the equilibrium quantity ________.

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Shoes are a normal good and people's incomes rise.As a result,the equilibrium price of a pair of shoes ________ and the equilibrium quantity ________.

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If OPEC cuts oil production,then the

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Which of the following is NOT a factor of production?

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Cheese (tons) DVDs (thousands) 0 60 2 56 4 48 6 36 8 20 10 0 -The table above lists six points on the production possibilities frontier for cheese and DVDs.From this information you can conclude that production is inefficient if this economy produces

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The opportunity cost of a good is

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All economic questions arise because

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Jelly beans and popcorn are substitutes.A fall in the price of a bag of jelly beans will ________ the demand for popcorn and the price of popcorn will ________.

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Cheese (tons) DVDs (thousands) 0 60 2 56 4 48 6 36 8 20 10 0 -The table above lists six points on the production possibilities frontier for cheese and DVDs.What is the opportunity cost of producing the 7th ton of cheese?

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Country X devoted 70 percent of its resources to consumption,while Country Y devoted 80 percent to consumption.Other things being equal,you can predict that

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  -The figure above shows the market for film cameras.If the price of digital cameras falls,the equilibrium quantity of film cameras will be ________ thousand cameras and the price of a film camera will be ________. -The figure above shows the market for film cameras.If the price of digital cameras falls,the equilibrium quantity of film cameras will be ________ thousand cameras and the price of a film camera will be ________.

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If pizza is a normal good,then an increase in people's incomes shifts the ________ curve ________.

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If the wood used to produce houses rises in price,then the ________ houses ________.

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According to the principle of comparative advantage,if the United States trades with Mexico,most likely,

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If the wood used to produce houses rises in price,then the ________ houses shifts ________.

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