A Firm That Is the Only Seller of a Good

question 45

Multiple Choice

A firm that is the only seller of a good or service that does not have a close substitute is called

• A)a monopoly.
• B)an oligopolist.
• C)a market maker.
• D)a price maker.

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Definitions:

P(x,y)

Represents the joint probability of two events, X and Y, occurring together.

Poisson Distribution

A probability distribution that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space, assuming these events happen with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Standard Deviation

An assessment of the range or distribution spread within a set of numbers.

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