The Table Shows a Consumption Schedule

question 26

Multiple Choice

$$\begin{array} { | c | c | } \hline \text { Disposable Income } & \text { Consumption } \\\hline \$ 300 & \$ 310 \\\hline 350 & 340 \\\hline 400 & 370 \\\hline 450 & 400 \\\hline 500 & 430 \\\hline\end{array}$$ The table shows a consumption schedule. At the $300 level of disposable income,

• A) the marginal propensity to save is 0.80.
• B) the average propensity to consume is 0.60.
• C) the average propensity to save is 0.30.
• D) there is a dissaving of $10.

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Definitions:

Diseconomies of Scale

A condition in which a firm experiences an increase in average costs as it increases its output, due to factors such as inefficiencies or complexity.

Marginal Product

The change in total output that results from the employment of one additional unit of a resource.

Marginal Cost

Represents the change in total production costs resulting from making one additional unit of a product or service.

Economies of Scale

Advantages in cost that businesses gain from expanding their production scale, leading to a decrease in the average cost per unit produced as the operation size grows.