Long Ago, One Cure for Anemia Was to Feed a Patient

question 18

Multiple Choice

Long ago, one cure for anemia was to feed a patient beef jerky soaked in the gastric juices of a pig. In cases in which this cure worked, the type of anemia was most likely

• A) hemorrhagic anemia.
• B) aplastic anemia.
• C) pernicious anemia.
• D) iron-deficiency anemia.
• E) sickle-cell anemia.

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Definitions:

Long-Run Average Cost

The average cost per unit of output when all inputs, including physical capital, are variable in the long term.

Upward-Sloping

A graph line that increases in height as it moves from left to right, characteristic of certain supply curves.

Economies of Scale

Cost advantages achieved by increasing production levels, resulting in lower per-unit costs due to spreading fixed costs over more units.

Long-Run Average Total Cost

A concept in economics that represents the per-unit cost of production in the long term, where all inputs are considered variable.