Survey Of Economics
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ISBN: 9781337111522
Author: Tucker, Irvin B.
Publisher: Cengage,
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1. In the short run, an increase in output at low levels of production will most likely cause:
A. an increase in the marginal cost due to the rising total fixed cost.
B. an increase in the marginal cost due to the law of diminishing returns.
C. a decrease in the marginal cost due to economies from greater specialization.
Refer to the figure at right. An increase in production from q, to q,
A. is more costly in the short run than in the long run.
B. uses less inputs in the long run.
C. costs the same in the short run or in the long run.
D. uses more capital in the short run.
Galaxy manufactures two dolls: Mary and Joan. It has 400 hours of production time per week and production of Mary needs
3 hours and production of Joana 2 hours.
a. How do you model this fact?
b.
Which part of model is it?
Options are given below.Which one is right for Part (a) & Part (b).
It is capacity constraint
x1+ x2 2 800
It is requirement constraint.
x1+ x2 800
x1 + x2 Min
x1 + x2-Max
x1 - x2 s 800
x1 + x2 s 800
x1- x2 2 800
x1-x2 800
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It is criterion function.
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