You are running a small yard maintenance business for the summer. What do you expect to happen to the number of yards you can maintain in a day as you add workers if you don't purchase more capital equipment (like mowers and leaf blowers)?
What will be an ideal response?
It is likely that as you add workers, you will get incrementally less output out of each additional worker. Holding constant your materials, such as trucks, lawnmowers, etc., you'll almost surely be able to maintain more yards per day. But as you hire more workers, there might be waits for use of the tools, or for transportation to the next job. This is the prediction of the principle of diminishing returns.
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Which of the following statements is true?
A) The basis for both first-degree price discrimination and third-degree price discrimination is differences in the buyers' willingness to pay for a good. B) The basis for both first-degree price discrimination and third-degree price discrimination is differences in the sellers' willingness to accept payment for a good. C) The basis for first-degree price discrimination is differences in willingness to pay, whereas the basis for third-degree price discrimination is differences in the sellers' willingness to accept payment for a good. D) The basis for first-degree price discrimination is differences in the seller's willingness to accept payment for a good, whereas the basis for third-degree price discrimination is differences in buyers' willingness to pay for a good.
Let MUa and MUb stand for the marginal utilities of apples and bagels. Let Pa and Pb stand for their prices. The general necessary condition for consumer equilibrium is
A) MUa = MUb. B) MUa = MUb and Pa = Pb. C) MUa/Pa = MUb/Pb. D) MUa/MUb = Pb/Pa.