In the Study in Which a Child Asked a Person

question 16

Multiple Choice

In the study in which a child asked a person passing by for help,which of the following was NOT one of the results?

• A) About 72 percent of those approached in small town offered to help.
• B) Overall, only about 46 percent of those who were asked for help in the cities gave aid.
• C) Only about one-third of the people were willing to help in the largest cities tested.
• D) The least helpful city in the study was Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Definitions:

Output

The amount of goods or services produced by a company, industry, or economy within a specific period.

Marginal Cost Curve

A graphical representation showing how the cost of producing one more unit of a good varies with the quantity of the good produced.

Average Total Cost (ATC)

The total cost of production divided by the quantity of output produced, representing the per-unit production cost.

Total Variable Cost

The sum of those costs that rise as output increases. Examples of variable costs are wages paid to workers and payments for raw materials.