Question 20 (1 point) Suppose that Spain and France both produce ships and grapes, which are sold for the same price in both countries. The table below shows the combinations of the two goods that each country can produce in one year using the same amounts of capital and labor. Suppose that Spain is currently producing 30 ships and 30...
4. (Production Cost) Arthur, the manager of a furniture factory, finds that the cost of producing q bookcases during the morning production shift is C(a)= q +q +500 dollars. On a typical day,. q(t) = 25t bookcases are produced during the first t hours of a production shift for 0sts s a. Express the production cost C in terms of...
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1. The effect of negative externalities on the optimal quantity of consumption Consider the market for bolts. Suppose that a hardware factory dumps toxic waste into a nearby river, creating a negative externality for those living downstream from the factory. Producing an additional ton of bolts imposes a constant external cost of $105 per...
The daily market demand for paper clips in the United States is QD = 10 – 2P. The daily market supply for paper clips is QS = 5 + 3P, where P is the price of a box of paper clips and QD and QS are thousands of boxes of paper clips. There are many producers and buyers of paper...
2. Problems and Applications Q2 An American worker can produce either 5 cars or 9 tons of grain a year. A Japanese worker can produce either 3 cars or 9 tons of grain a year. To keep things simple, assume that each country has 100 million workers. Complete the following table with the number of workers needed to make one...
The U.S. and Mexico both produce vehicles and tons of plastic, which are sold for the same price in both countries. Suppose that with one unit of labor and one unit of capital, the U.S. can produce either 20 vehicles or 48 tons of plastic and Mexico can produce either 10 vehicles or 16 tons of plastic. What is the...
The U.S. and Mexico both produce vehicles and tons of plastic, which are sold for the same price in both countries. Suppose that with one unit of labor and one unit of capital, the U.S. can produce either 20 vehicles or 48 tons of plastic and Mexico can produce either 10 vehicles or 18 tons of plastic. What is the...
3. The effect of negative externalities on the optimal quantity of consumption Consider the market for steel. Suppose that a steel manufacturing plant dumps toxic waste into a nearby river, creating a negative externality for those living downstream from the plant. Producing an additional ton of steel imposes a constant external cost of $315 per ton. The following graph shows...
Question 7 3 pts reak-Even Analysi A publisher for a promising new novel figures fixed costs (overhead, advances, promotion, copy editing, typesetting) at $55257, and marginal costs (printing, paper, binding, shipping) at $1.6 for each book produced. If the book is sold to distributors for price of $11 each, How many must be produced and sold for the publisher to...
The U.S. and Canada both produce aircraft engines and tons of chemicals, which are sold for the same price in both countries. Suppose that with one unit of labor and one unit of capital, the U.S. can produce either 22 engines or 38 tons of chemicals and Canada can produce either 14 engines or 32 tons of chemicals. What is...