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Given the supply function P = \(\frac{1}{4}\)(Qs+10) when P = N10, what is Qs?

  • A. 20
  • B. 1.5
  • C. 5.0
  • D. 30
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44

A rightward shift of the budget line is caused by a

  • A. fall in consumer income
  • B. change in consumer taste
  • C. fall in the commodity relative price
  • D. rise in the consumer income
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If a 10% rise in price causes a 5% decrease in the quantity demanded of a commodity, the elasticity of demand is

  • A. unitary elastic
  • B. zero elastic
  • C. elastic
  • D. inelastic
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46

A change in demand for a normal goods implies that, there is a

  • A. change in the quantity demanded as price changes
  • B. shift in the demand curve
  • C. movement along a given demand curve
  • D. change in the price elasticity of demand
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47

The best measure of dispersion to determine the tallest tree in a forest is

  • A. range
  • B. variance
  • C. standard deviation
  • D. mean deviation
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48

In capitalist economies, questions about what to produce are ultimately answered by

  • A. income level of households
  • B. available technical skills in the economy
  • C. output decisions of firms
  • D. holding decision of households
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The choice of how to produce in a command economy is determined by

  • A. government
  • B. consumer
  • C. industrialists
  • D. labour unions
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