Suppose a firm uses workers and office space to produce output. The firm is locked into a year-long lease on its office space, but it can easily vary the number of employee-hours it uses each day. The table below describes the relationship between the number of employee-hours the firm uses each day and the firm's daily output. Each unit of output sells for $2, the hourly wage rate is $14, and the rent on the office space is $50 per day.Employee-HoursPer DayOutputPer Day0014048091201516023200When the firm uses 9 employee-hours, its total cost each day is:

If the goods' money prices do not change, an appreciation of the dollar against the pound

A) makes British sweaters cheaper in terms of American jeans. B) makes British sweaters more expensive in terms of American jeans. C) doesn't change the relative price of sweaters and jeans. D) makes American jeans cheaper in terms of British sweaters. E) makes British jeans more expensive in Britain.

Pete's Package Delivery Service currently makes deliveries only within the state, but now decides to expand the scale of its operation by serving the neighboring state as well. It is likely to find

a. total variable costs decline as diminishing returns set in b. total fixed costs decline as more trucks cover a wider area c. total variable costs rise as more fuel and drivers are needed d. the price of hiring a worker falls as more workers are hired e. profits rise as total costs remain constant