Since the 1980s, Wal-Mart Stores Have Appeared in Almost Every

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Multiple Choice

Since the 1980s, Wal-Mart stores have appeared in almost every community in America. Wal-Mart buys its goods in large quantities and, therefore, at cheaper prices. Wal-Mart also locates its stores where land prices are low, usually outside of the community business district. Many customers shop at Wal-Mart because of low prices. Local retailers, like the neighborhood drug store, often go out of business because they lose customers. This story demonstrates that

• A)consumers do not react to changing prices.
• B)there are diseconomies of scale in retail sales.
• C)there are economies of scale in retail sales.
• D)there are diminishing returns to producing and selling retail goods.

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Definitions:

Equilibrium

A state of balance or stability within a system, achieved through a process of adaptation and change in response to external or internal pressures.

Physiological Balance

The state of equilibrium in the body's internal environment due to the constant interaction of the body's many regulatory processes.

Homeostasis

The tendency of a biological system to maintain stability while adjusting to conditions that are optimal for survival.

Steady State

A condition where the variables (such as temperature, pressure, and volume in a system) are unchanging over time.