The price elasticity of demand for corn is 0.4. A new hybrid of corn is discovered and all farmers start to use it, which increases the quantity of corn they can produce from each acre. What happens to the farmers' total revenue?
A) The total revenue will increase.
B) The total revenue will decrease.
C) The total revenue will not change.
D) There is not enough information to determine what happens to the total revenue.
B
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If we compare a perfectly competitive market to a single-price monopoly with the same costs, the monopoly sells
A) the same quantity at a higher price. B) a smaller quantity at a higher price. C) a larger quantity at a lower price. D) a larger quantity at a higher price. E) a smaller quantity at the same price.
In the figure above, imposing a tax on the sellers of the product results in a division in which
A) all of the tax is paid by the buyers. B) all of the tax is paid by the sellers. C) the buyers and sellers pay the same amount. D) neither the buyers nor the sellers pay the tax.