Assume That the Relative Prices of Capital and Labor Have

question 144

Multiple Choice

Assume that the relative prices of capital and labor have not changed. As a firm's expenditures for capital and labor increase, its isocost line

• A) shifts out parallel to the original isocost line.
• B) shifts in parallel to the original isocost line.
• C) rotates outward on the Y-intercept.
• D) rotates outward on the X-intercept.

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Definitions:

Temporal Isolation

A mechanism of reproductive isolation that occurs when two species breed at different times of the day, season, or year, preventing mating.

Habitat Isolation

A form of prezygotic barrier where two species live in different habitats and rarely, if ever, encounter each other.

Mechanical Isolation

an evolutionary mechanism that prevents species from interbreeding due to physical differences in reproductive structures.

Hybrid Inviability

A condition where hybrid offspring fail to develop or reach sexual maturity, reducing gene flow between different species or populations.