Recall the Application about the government of Mexico City repainting highway lane lines to transform a 4-lane highway into a 6-lane highway to answer the following question(s).When the government converted the highway from 4 lanes into 6 lanes, they claimed the capacity had increased by 50 percent. When the government switched the highway back from 6 lanes to 4 lanes, they claimed the capacity had been decreased by 33 percent. Had the government used the midpoint method, the percentage increase would have been ________ percent and the percentage decrease would have been ________ percent.

The opportunity cost of a hot dog in terms of hamburgers is the

A) ratio of the slope of the demand curve for hot dogs to the slope of the demand curve for hamburgers. B) ratio of the slope of the supply curve for hot dogs to the slope of the supply curve for hamburgers. C) money price of a hot dog minus the money price of a hamburger. D) ratio of the money price of a hot dog to the money price of a hamburger.

In the early 1900s, Henry Ford revolutionized the automotive manufacturing industry by instituting the assembly line. What impact did the assembly line method for producing automobiles have on the per-worker production function for Ford?

A) It shifted down. B) It became flatter. C) It shifted up. D) It became linear.