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Social Science Clinic => Economics => Microeconomics => Topic started by: penza on Jul 1, 2018
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Suppose we plot the total revenue curve with quantity on the horizontal axis and revenue on the vertical axis (as in Figure 8.1 in the book). Under price-taking behavior, the total revenue curve should be:
A) an inverted U-shaped curve (first increasing and then decreasing).
B) a U-shaped curve (first decreasing and then increasing).
C) a horizontal line with vertical axis intercept equal to the market price.
D) a straight line from the origin with slope equal to the market price.
Question 2
What describes the graphical relationship between average product and marginal product?
A) Average product cuts marginal product from above, at the maximum point of marginal product.
B) Average product cuts marginal product from below, at the maximum point of marginal product.
C) Marginal product cuts average product from above, at the maximum point of average product.
D) Marginal product cuts average product from below, at the maximum point of average product.
E) Average and marginal product do not intersect.
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Answer to Question 1
D
Answer to Question 2
C