From What You Currently Know, in a Spacecraft at a Point

question 14

Multiple Choice

From what you currently know, in a spacecraft at a point of weightlessness, which effect is most likely?

• A) Rotational equilibrium would be lacking and you could not detect head movement.
• B) Gravitational equilibrium would be altered since the otoliths would not be pulled down by gravity.
• C) Without gravity, there would be no vertigo.
• D) All balance systems would work similar to being on Earth with normal gravity.
• E) There would be absolutely no sense of balance signals of either type without gravity.

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Definitions:

Production Function

An economic model expressing the relationship between inputs (like labor and capital) and the quantity of output produced.

Profit Maximization

The process or strategy of adjusting the production and sale of goods and services to achieve the highest possible profit levels.

Production Function

An equation that describes the relationship between the inputs used in production and the output generated from those inputs.

Marginal Product

The additional output produced as a result of using one more unit of a particular input, holding all other inputs constant.