Recall the Application About the Increase in Purchases of Hybrid

question 28

Multiple Choice

Recall the Application about the increase in purchases of hybrid vehicles to answer the following question(s) .
-According to the Application, one factor which was responsible for roughly one-third of hybrid vehicles purchased in 2007 was an increase in the price of gasoline. The increase in sales due to higher gasoline prices describe the economic concept of

• A) using assumptions to simplify.
• B) ceteris paribus.
• C) marginal thinking.
• D) rational self interest.

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