Suppose that a firm successfully introduces a highly profitable new product. If this new product offers less marginal utility per unit to consumers than existing substitute products, then the:

A. laws of economics have been violated.
B. new product must have increasing, not diminishing, marginal utility.
C. existing products were being produced at a loss.
D. new product has a lower price than the existing substitute products.

Answer: D

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The short-run aggregate supply curve is most likely to shift down (to the right) when actual output is:

A. not equal to potential output, regardless of whether it is above or below. B. less than potential output. C. equal to potential output. D. greater than potential output.

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