A Community Has Five Voters Who Are Interested in Only

question 227

Multiple Choice

A community has five voters who are interested in only one issue: the government's spending on local parks. If Andre would like the government to spend $12,000 on parks, Brandon prefers $7,000, Charlene prefers $4,000, Dennis prefers $2,000, and Ernie prefers $0, how much spending would a politician seeking to win the election select when running against one opponent?

• A)$2,000
• B)$4,000
• C)$7,000
• D)$12,000

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Definitions:

Marginal Product

The extra production achieved by the use of an extra unit of a specific input while keeping other inputs unchanged.

Resource Demand Curve

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