Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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Transcribed Image Text:A. In the resource market, what is the impact on the
demand for coal if the price of the substitute good,
natural gas increases?
B. The table below represents a perfectly competitive
market, if the industry price is $18, calculate the
marginal revenue product for the second and third
workers.
No of Employees
1
2
3
No of Washes
10.00
19.00
26.00
C. Explain why the Value of the Marginal Product
Marginal Revenue Product for perfect competitors but
these values are not equal for the monopolistic
competitors.
D. In a company, if the Marginal Revenue Product of the
8th worker hired is less than the MRC for that worker,
should the firm hire the 9th worker? Explain
E. Graph the resource market for passenger and freight
train engineers. Show the change in the wage rate and
quantity of workers hired if there is a very large
number of engineers retiring and the demand for rail
travel has increased in the last year.
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