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if you have to give up some amount of a good to produce more of another, you are operating at an efficient point on the production possibilities curve.
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true
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if goods a and b are perfect substitutes, the consumer's indifference curves will be lines that form right angles.
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false
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if all prices increased 5%, there would be an income effect and a substitution effect
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false
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a giffen good is an inferior good
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true
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typically, the price elacticity of demand will vary from one point on the demand curve to another
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true
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the price elasticity of deman for salt is 0.2. a decrease in price would lower revenue from salt
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true
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if unexpected bad weather decreases the supply of oranges, the demand for oranges will decrease.
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false
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if the government followed proper economic policy, scarcity would be eliminated
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false
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the larger the time period over which consumers can adjust, the more elastic the demand
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true
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if there is no diminishing marginal utility, the indifference curve will be a straight line
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true
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which one of the following represents an economic, but not an accounting, cost of owning a restaurant?
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the interest foregone by the owner on the personal savings invested in the restaurant
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which of the following is generally considered to be a microeconomics question?
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the relationship between productivity of workers and wages received by them
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the opportunity cost of traffic congestion includes
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longer communting time to work
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the relative price of a good
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reflects its price compared to prices of other goods
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which of the following is likely to shift the demand for chocolates to the left?
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medical reports suggesting increased risk of memory loss due to high chocolate consumption
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which of the following is held constant along a given demand curve
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the consumer's income
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which of the following is an example of price ceiling
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a cap on the automobile insurance rate charged in some states
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the price elasticity of demand for a good is equal to
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the percentage change in quality demanded divided by the percentage change in price
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if, at the initial price, there is a shortage, the price will rise. as a consequence, the demand curve shifts down since people buy less at a higher price, and the supply curve shifts up because producers find it profitable to supply more output at a higher price. price will continue to adjust until there is no excuse demand. which of the following is true about this statement?
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the quotation confuses movements along curves with shifts in curves
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suppose 100 pretzels are demanded at a given price. if the price of pretzels rises by 5% and the number of pretzels demanded falls to 92, it can be concluded that.
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the demand for pretels in the price range is elastic
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which of the following will lead to a corner solution?
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the first unit of one good is not worth its cost
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convexity of indifference curves implies that
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the marginal utility of a good decreases as the consumer moves along the indifference curve