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Fix 5: Suppose hot dogs and hamburgers are substitutes in consumption. If the supply of hot dogs decreases, which of the following will happen in the market for hamburgers?
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The demand curve for hamburgers will shift to the right.
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Fix 7: Assume that the government imposes a binding price ceiling on a market for a good. Which of the following is most likely to occur in the market?
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The market will experience a shortage.
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Fix 9: At a market price of $25, equilibrium would be achieved by
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a decrease in price, decreasing Qs and increasing Qd
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Fix 10: Which of the following situations best illustrates the law of demand?
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In the past several months, as the price of compact disc players has decreased, the quantity of compact disc players sold has increased
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14: Fill in the answer with a dollar amount for cell B (ex. $10) based on the chart shown.
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$12
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16: Select all of the possible scenarios that could be explained by using the graph above.
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New technology was developed for producing this product.
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23: Which of the following would cause the supply curve for notebook computers to shift to the right?
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An increase in the number of firms producing notebook computers
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24: Assume that the price of orange juice increases by 40 percent following a crop failure. If the quantity demanded falls by 10 percent, which of the following is true?
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The absolute value of the price elasticity of demand for orange juice is 0.25.
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27: Which of the following would cause the shift in the demand curve shown?
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An increase in the price of a complementary good.
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26: Which of the following statements relating to supply is true?
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A decrease in the price of a good will lead to a decrease in the quantity supplied of the good.
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the change in output from hiring one additional unit of labor
the cost of producing one more unit of a good
fixed costs plus variable costs
a level at which the marginal production goes up with new investment
the additional income from selling one more unit of a good
the cost of producing one more unit of a good
fixed costs plus variable costs
a level at which the marginal production goes up with new investment
the additional income from selling one more unit of a good
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marginal product of labor
marginal cost
total cost
increasing marginal returns
marginal revenue
marginal cost
total cost
increasing marginal returns
marginal revenue