The Emigration of Some of Whoville's Workers Reduces the Quantity

question 231

Multiple Choice

The emigration of some of Whoville's workers reduces the quantity of thingamabobs supplied at every price by 50.The new supply curve will ____ the old supply curve.

• A)be steeper and less elastic at every price than
• B)have the same slope and the same elasticity at every price as
• C)have the same slope and be more elastic at every price than
• D)More information is needed to predict the relationship between the elasticities of the two supply curves.

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Definitions:

Voltage Rating

A rating that indicates the amount of voltage that can be safely connected to a device.

Quality

The degree to which a product, service, or process meets predetermined criteria or standards, often relating to effectiveness, reliability, and satisfaction.

Capacitive Reactance

The opposition that a capacitor offers to alternating current, depending on the frequency of the current and the capacitor's value, measured in ohms.

Capacitive Reactance

The measure of the opposition that a capacitor presents to alternating current, due to the electric field created in the capacitor.