Use the Information Below to Answer the Following Questions

question 13

Multiple Choice

Use the information below to answer the following questions.
Fact 14.3.3
Suppose that Roots' marginal cost of a jacket is a constant $125.00 and the total fixed cost at one of its stores is $1,500 a day. This store sells 20 jackets a day, which is its profit-maximizing number of jackets. Then the stores nearby start to advertise their jackets. The Roots store now spends $2,000 a day advertising its jackets, and its profit-maximizing number of jackets sold jumps to 70 a day.
-Refer to Fact 14.3.3. If the nearby firms' advertising decreases the demand for Roots' jackets and makes the demand more elastic, the price of a Roots' jacket ________. If Roots' advertising increases the demand for Roots' jackets and makes the demand less elastic, the price of a Roots' jacket ________.

• A)falls; rises
• B)rises; rises
• C)rises; falls
• D)falls; falls
• E)does not change; does not change

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Per Month

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