A Politician, Who Wants to Receive the Maximum Number of Votes

question 44

Multiple Choice

A politician, who wants to receive the maximum number of votes, spends 9 hours a week speaking to various groups. The table below shows his estimates of how time spent with each group will affect the number of votes he receives:

$\begin{array}{cccc}&\text { Total Number of Votes from Speaking to: }\\\text { Hours Per } & \text { Loyal Party } & \text { Town } & \text { Local Civic } \\\text { Week } & \text { Members }(L M P) & \text { Meetings }(T M) & \text { Leaders }(\text { LCL }) \\\hline 1 & 400 & 200 & 300 \\2 & 750 & 380 & 560 \\3 & 1050 & 530 & 760 \\4 & 1300 & 640 & 920 \\5 & 1500 & 700 & 1000 \\6 & 1600 & 740 & 1060\end{array}$
-How many EXTRA votes will the politician receive if he devotes one more hour to speaking engagements (i.e., speaks 10 instead of 9 hours per week) ?

• A) 150
• B) 180
• C) 200
• D) 380
• E) none of the above

Analyze the relationship between bureaucracies and the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.

Understand the historical development and significance of the civil service system.

Describe the impact of specific laws and acts on the organization and behavior of bureaucracies.

Identify the components and models of bureaucracy as analyzed by sociologists and political scientists.

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Definitions:

Total Fixed Costs

The sum of all costs that remain constant regardless of any change in a company's production volume.

Diminishing Returns

A principle stating that if one input in the production of a commodity is increased while other inputs are held fixed, a point will eventually be reached at which additions of the input yield progressively smaller, or diminishing, increases in output.

Economies of Scale

The cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to their scale of operation, with cost per unit of output generally decreasing with increasing scale as fixed costs are spread out.

Average Variable Costs

represent the variable costs (costs that change with output level) per unit of output, calculated by dividing the total variable costs by the quantity of output produced.