The Table Below Gives the Quantities and Prices for 2000

question 177

Multiple Choice

The table below gives the quantities and prices for 2000 and 2010 for an economy that produces just two goods: sailboats and coconuts. For this economy that produces just sailboats and coconuts, and with 2000 is the base year, real GDP was approximately ______ times larger in 2010 than it was in 2000.

• A) 1.34
• B) 1.65
• C) 1.77
• D) 2.19

---

Definitions:

Increasing Demand

A situation where the quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to buy increases, often due to factors like rising incomes, changes in tastes, or lower prices of the product.

Allocative Efficiency

A state of resource allocation where it is impossible to make any one individual better off without making at least one individual worse off.

Productive Efficiency

A condition in which an economy or entity is utilizing all its resources efficiently, producing maximum output for a given set of inputs without waste.

Demand (D)

The quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at various prices during a certain period of time.