Other Things Constant, If Wheat Production Is a Price-Taker Industry

question 303

Multiple Choice

Other things constant, if wheat production is a price-taker industry, a decrease in the price of fertilizer used to grow wheat will

• A) increase the supply of wheat.
• B) increase the demand for wheat.
• C) decrease the supply of wheat.
• D) do both a and b.

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Definitions:

Elasticity Of Demand

A measure of how sensitive the quantity demanded of a good is to a change in its price.

Luxury Good

A good for which demand increases more than proportionally as income rises, in contrast to a "necessity good," for which demand is not related to income.

Total Revenue

The total amount of money a company receives from its sales of goods or services, calculated by multiplying the price per unit by the number of units sold.

Demand Elastic

Referring to a situation where the quantity demanded of a good or service significantly changes in response to a change in its price.