Consider a Situation in Which a Used-Car Lot Contains Five

question 157

Multiple Choice

Consider a situation in which a used-car lot contains five Fords, four General Motors (GM) cars, and five Toyotas. If five cars are selected at random to be placed on a special sale, what is the probability that three are Fords and two are GMs?

• A) 0.09
• B) 0.03
• C) 0.04
• D) 0.06

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Definitions:

Marginal Cost (MC)

Marginal cost is the increase in total cost that arises from producing one additional unit of a product or service.

Marginal Revenue (MR)

The enhanced earnings from distributing an additional unit of a good or service.

Total Costs

The sum of all expenses incurred in the production of goods or services.

Purely Competitive

A market structure characterized by many buyers and sellers, free entry and exit, and a product that is homogeneous across suppliers, leading to price being determined by supply and demand.