A Search Engine Company Is Considering Two Designs for Its

question 59

Multiple Choice

A search engine company is considering two designs for its new web portal. Users' success in navigating each design is plotted as a function of time. What is the resulting graph called? The company concludes that Design B is easier to navigate than Design A. Which feature of the graph would support this conclusion?

• A) The graph is called a practice function. The company's conclusion would be supported if the slope of the line relating success to time were steeper for Design A than for Design B.
• B) The graph is called a practice function. The company's conclusion would be supported if the slope of the line relating success to time were steeper for Design B than for Design A.
• C) The graph is called a learning curve. The company's conclusion would be supported if the slope of the line relating success to time were steeper for Design A than for Design B.
• D) The graph is called a learning curve. The company's conclusion would be supported if the slope of the line relating success to time were steeper for Design B than for Design A.

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Definitions:

Economic Profit

The difference between total revenues and total costs, including both explicit and implicit costs.

Allocation of Resources

The process of distributing scarce resources among different uses and users.

Resource Use

The manner in which natural resources are exploited and utilized to meet human needs or economic applications.

Economic Profit

The difference between the total revenue generated by a business and the total costs, both explicit and implicit, including opportunity costs.