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In 2012 a severe drought raised the price of corn. For a farmer in Canada who harvested a normal crop because the farm was not affected directly by the drought, the increase in the price of corn
 
  A) increases the farmer's producer surplus.
  B) decreases the farmer's producer surplus.
  C) does not affect the producer surplus because this change is a movement along the farmer's supply curve and not a shift of the farmer's supply curve.
  D) increases producer surplus only if the farmer's supply is completely inelastic.

Question 2

A university conducts a survey of students, which shows that a 10 percent tuition hike would lead to a 7 percent decrease in the enrollment.
 
  If the university wants to increase its total revenue, it should ________ tuition because the demand for education at this university is ________. A) raise; elastic
  B) not raise; elastic
  C) raise; inelastic
  D) not raise; inelastic



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carolinefletcherr

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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

C




lracut11

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Reply 2 on: Jun 29, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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