While Traveling in New Orleans, Braiden Had Some Difficulty Understanding

question 89

Multiple Choice

While traveling in New Orleans, Braiden had some difficulty understanding the people she met, even when they spoke English. The accents Braiden heard could be considered a ______.

• A) source distraction
• B) bias distraction
• C) medium distraction
• D) situational distraction

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Definitions:

Deadweight Loss

A loss of economic efficiency that can occur when the equilibrium for a good or a service is not achieved or is not achievable.

Perfectly Competitive

A market structure characterized by many buyers and sellers, homogeneous products, and free entry and exit from the market.

Consumer Surplus

The difference between the total amount that consumers are willing and able to pay for a good or service and the total amount that they actually pay.

Single-Price Monopolist

A market dominance condition where a monopolist charges the same price for all units of a product sold to every consumer.