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Essay

Use the following to answer questions :
A biologist examines three species of plants (A,B,C)and finds the patterns shown in the chart below.The effect by a species is the extent to which any individual of that species lowers the per capita growth rate of a given species.The effect on a species is how much the per capita growth rate of a species is affected by a given species.Thus,every individual of species A would lower the growth rate of species C by 0.017;and every individual of species C would lower the growth rate of species A by 0.014.
-Based on these observations,should species A and C be able to coexist? Why or why not?

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Definitions:

Output

The amount of products or services produced by a company, industry, or economy in a specified period.

Labor Demand Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the wage rate and the quantity of labor employers are willing to hire.

Diminishing Returns

A principle stating that if one input in the production of a commodity is increased while other inputs are held fixed, a point will eventually be reached at which additions of the input yield progressively smaller, or diminishing, increases in output.

Imperfectly Competitive

A market structure characterized by many producers that have some control over the prices they charge, but where no single firm dominates the market.