Blossom's Flowers Purchases Roses for Sale for Valentine's Day

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Multiple Choice

Blossom's Flowers purchases roses for sale for Valentine's Day.The roses are purchased for $10 a dozen and are sold for $20 a dozen.Any roses not sold on Valentine's Day can be sold for $5 per dozen.The owner will purchase 1 of 3 amounts of roses for Valentine's Day: 100,200,or 400 dozen roses.The payoff for buying and selling 400 dozen roses at the full price is

• A)$12,000
• B)$6,000
• C)$4,000
• D)It cannot be determined.

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Definitions:

Law of Diminishing Returns

An economic principle stating that if one factor of production is increased while other factors are held constant, the incremental output per unit of the increased factor will eventually decrease.

Decreasing Rate

A condition in which the rate or speed of a given process or phenomenon reduces over time.

Increasing Rate

A rate that accelerates or grows over time, often used in the context of compound interest, inflation, or the escalation of prices.

Marginal

Relating to the additional cost or benefit associated with producing one more unit of a good or service.