Table 13-1 Alyson's Pet Sitting Service

question 250

Multiple Choice

Table 13-1
Alyson's Pet Sitting Service

-Refer to Table 13-1.Suppose that Alyson's pet sitting service has a fixed cost of $50 per month for her cell phone.Each worker costs Alyson $60 per day.What is the shape of Alyson's total cost curve as output increases from 0 and 45?

• A) Total cost increases but gets flatter.
• B) Total cost increases and gets steeper.
• C) Total cost decreases and gets flatter.
• D) Total cost decreases but gets steeper.

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Definitions:

Wheatstone Bridge

An electrical circuit used to measure unknown electrical resistances by balancing two legs of a bridge circuit, one leg of which includes the unknown component.

Impedance

The total opposition (combining resistance and reactance) a circuit presents to alternating current.

Capacitance

The ability of a component or circuit to collect and store energy in the form of an electrical charge, measured in Farads.

Bridge Circuit

A circuit that consists of four sections connected in series to form a closed loop.