Table 7-5 For Each of Three Potential Buyers of Oranges, the Table

question 34

Multiple Choice

Table 7-5
For each of three potential buyers of oranges, the table displays the willingness to pay for the first three oranges of the day. Assume Alex, Barb, and Carlos are the only three buyers of oranges, and only three oranges can be supplied per day.

-Refer to Table 7-5.If the market price of an orange is $0.70,then the market quantity of oranges demanded per day is

• A) 5.
• B) 6.
• C) 7.
• D) 9.

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Confirmation Bias

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Framing Effect

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Base-Rate Error

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Availability Heuristic

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