If the price of milk was $1.25 a gallon and it is now $2.25 a gallon, what is the percentage change in price?
A) 4.4 percent
B) 8 percent
C) 44 percent
D) 80 percent
Answer: D
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If there are 1,000 identical rice farmers who are each willing to supply 200 bushels of rice at $2 per bushel, what price and quantity combination is a point on the market supply curve for rice?
A) $2 and 200 bushels B) $2 and 200,000 bushels C) $2,000 and 200,000 bushels D) $2,000 and 1,000 bushels E) $2 and 1,000 farmers
Which of the following would help explain why the aggregate demand curve slopes downward?
a. An unexpectedly low price level raises the real wage, which causes firms to hire fewer workers and produce a smaller quantity of goods and services. b. A lower price level causes domestic interest rates to rise and the real exchange rate to appreciate, which stimulates spending on net exports. c. A higher price level increases real wealth, which stimulates spending on consumption. d. A lower price level reduces the interest rate, which encourages greater spending on investment goods.