Paul and Maggie advertise for a babysitter. Jenny is the only one who answers the ad and she's hired. She asks for $7 per hour and gets it. She occasionally thinks of raising the rate to $10 but is afraid that Paul and Maggie will decide to advertise again. This tale is analogous to

a. monopolistic competitive pricing
b. the idea of nationalization
c. contestable markets
d. laissez-faire
e. creative destruction

C

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a. true b. false

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Which of the following is the best example of what happens when an equilibrium point is reached?

A. A store that sells its televisions for $999 lowers its price to 899 B. All the stores in a city are selling a certain model of television for 899$ C. some customers decide $899 is too high ad buiy a lower-cost television D. The number of tellevision available at $899 is the same as the number of sales

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