An advance in farm technology that results in an increased market supply is

a. good for farmers because it raises prices for their products but bad for consumers because it raises prices consumers pay for food.
b. bad for farmers because total revenue will fall but good for consumers because prices for food will fall.
c. good for farmers because it raises prices for their products and also good for consumers because more output is available for consumption.
d. bad for farmers because total revenue will fall and bad for consumers because farmers will raise the price of food to increase their total revenue.

b

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A) negative. B) the quantity demanded when price is zero. C) the slope of the demand curve. D) measured in money.

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Suppose Kate's Great Crete (KGC) has annual variable costs of VC = 30Q + 0.0025Q2 and marginal costs of MC = 30 + 0.005Q, where Q is the number of cubic yards of concrete it produces per year. In addition, it has an avoidable fixed cost of $50,000 per year. KGC's demand function is Qd = 20,000 - 400P. What is the profit maximizing sales quantity?

A. 20 B. 2,000 C. 8,000 D. 0

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