These Were Used for Many Years as Insulating Materials in High-Voltage

question 92

Multiple Choice

These were used for many years as insulating materials in high-voltage electrical equipment because they are fire resistant and stable at high temperatures ___________.

• A)PCBs
• B)dioxins
• C)trihalomethanes
• D)methyl chloroforms

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Definitions:

Producer Surplus

The gap between the price at which suppliers are prepared to offer a product and the actual amount they get for it.

Upward-Sloping Supply Curve

A graph showing that as the price of a good increases, the amount suppliers are willing to produce also increases.

Producer Surplus

The dissimilarity between the baseline price producers accept for a good or service and the actual price paid to them.

Upward-Sloping Supply Curve

Illustrates the principle that as the price of a good or service increases, producers are willing and able to supply more of it, reflecting a direct relationship between price and quantity supplied.