If Bernice (Whose Utility Function Is Min{x, Y}, Where X

question 30

Multiple Choice

If Bernice (whose utility function is min{x, y}, where x is her consumption of earrings and y is money left for other stuff) had an income of $13 and was paying a price of $2 for earrings when the price of earrings went up to $3, then the equivalent variation of the price change was

• A)$3.25.
• B)$4.33.
• C)$8.67.
• D)$1.63.
• E)$3.79.

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Definitions:

MC = MR

The point where Marginal Cost equals Marginal Revenue, considered the optimal point of production for maximum profit.

ATC Curve

A graph showing the average total cost of production at different levels of output, illustrating how costs vary with changes in output.

Economic Profit

The difference between a firm's total revenues and its total costs, including both explicit and implicit costs, reflecting the total financial gain.

Perfectly Competitive Industry

A market structure characterized by many buyers and sellers, free entry and exit, homogeneous products, and perfect information, leading to price takers on both the supply and demand sides.