Exploring Economics
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Taxi men have to pay for their licenses before being allowed to operate a taxi.This only happens once in their taxi driving careers, the price of licenses has been falling in cities. What will have happened to the profit-maximizing quantity of rides as a result?
A) The profit-maximizing quantity is increasing.B) The profit-maximizing quantity is decreasing.C) The profit-maximizing quantity is remaining the same.
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The following graph shows the daily demand curve for bikes in San Diego.
Use the green rectangle (triangle symbols) to compute total revenue at various prices along the demand curve.
Note: You will not be graded on any changes made to this graph.
PRICE (Dollars per bike)
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