Two Goods Are Substitutes If

question 47

Multiple Choice

Two goods are substitutes if:

• A) an increase in the price of one leads to a shift to the left in the demand curve for the other.
• B) an increase in the price of one leads to an increase in demand for the other.
• C) an increase in the price of one will increase the supply of the other.
• D) a fall in the price of one leads to a reduction in supply for the other.

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Definitions:

MC

MC, or Marginal Cost, is the cost of producing one additional unit of a product, crucial for understanding profit maximization in businesses.

Marginal Revenue

The additional income from selling one more unit of a good; essentially the change in total revenue from an additional unit sold.

Perfect Competition

An idealized market structure in which there are many buyers and sellers, no barriers to entering or exiting the market, and products are identical.

Economic Profit

The difference between total revenue and total costs, including both explicit and implicit costs, measuring the true profitability of a firm.