Figure 18-4 The Graph Below Illustrates the Market for Nurses Who Work

question 542

Multiple Choice

Figure 18-4
The graph below illustrates the market for nurses who work in doctors' offices.
-Refer to Figure 18-4. Each August many students entering college for the first time visit a doctor's office to have an MMR booster vaccine. If a new labor-augmenting technology exists that allows nurses to administer the vaccine more quickly and accurately, what happens in the market for nurses?

• A)Demand increases from D1 to D2.
• B)Demand decreases from D2 to D1.
• C)Supply increases from S1 to S2.
• D)Supply decreases from S2 to S1.

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Definitions:

Normal Profits

The level of profit that is necessary for a business to remain competitive in the market, typically equal to the opportunity cost of the capital employed.

Plant Size

The capacity or physical dimensions of a facility where goods are manufactured or processed.

Market Demand

The total quantity of a good or service that all consumers in a market are willing and able to purchase at different price levels.

Plant Capacities

The maximum amount of products or services that a facility can produce over a given period of time under normal operating conditions.