During the Height of the Pet Rock Craze in the 1970s

question 26

Multiple Choice

During the height of the pet rock craze in the 1970s, the price elasticity of demand was estimated to be 1.80.Since pet rocks have a marginal cost of zero, a profit-maximizing seller of pet rocks would

• A)leave prices unchanged.
• B)decrease prices.
• C)increase prices.
• D)need more-detailed market information before making any pricing changes.
• E)diversify into selling Karen Carpenter LPs.

Calculate the standard deviation of a normal distribution given the mean and percentile.

Interpret the mean and standard deviation in the context of real-world normal distributions.

Determine cutoff values for specific percentiles within a normal distribution.

Identify cutoff values for middle percentages in a normal distribution.

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