Consider the Following Production and Cost Schedule for a Firm

question 49

Multiple Choice

Consider the following production and cost schedule for a firm.The first column shows the number of units of a variable factor of production employed by the firm. $$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | } \hline \begin{array} { c } \text { Total Numb er of } \\\text { Units of theF actor }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Total Number of } \\\text { Units of Output }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Price per Unit } \\\text { of Output }\end{array} \\\hline 10 & 20 & \$ 10 \\\hline 11 & 44 & \$ 10 \\\hline 12 & 64 & \$ 10 \\\hline 13 & 78 & \$ 10 \\\hline 14 & 84 & \$ 10 \\\hline 15 & 86 & \$ 10 \\\hline\end{array}$$ TABLE 13- 1
-Suppose the government decides,in the interest of "fairness," to impose a policy prohibiting factor- price differentials.The likely result would be

• A)a decrease in net factor demands.
• B)a horizontal factor supply curve.
• C)a shortage of factors in uses with low net advantage.
• D)an increase in factor mobility.
• E)equilibrium in factor markets.

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Definitions:

F Statistic

A ratio used in statistical analysis to determine the relationship between variances and to test hypotheses about the means of several populations.

Alternative Hypothesis

In statistical hypothesis testing, it is the hypothesis that suggests there is a difference or effect, in contrast to the null hypothesis which suggests no effect or difference.

Population Mean

The average characteristic or measure of a total population, representing a central or typical value of the population data.

Common Standard Deviation

A measure used in the context of comparing groups that assumes all groups have the same standard deviation, often used in analyses such as ANOVA.