What Will Happen to the Equilibrium Price and Quantity of Landline

question 249

Multiple Choice

What will happen to the equilibrium price and quantity of landline phone services if new technologies lower the costs of providing such services and, at the same time, alternatives such as the Internet or smart phones have become more popular?

• A) price will fall and the effect on quantity is ambiguous
• B) price will rise and the effect on quantity is ambiguous
• C) quantity will fall and the effect on price is ambiguous
• D) quantity will rise and the effect on price is ambiguous

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Definitions:

Cost of Equipment

The original value of equipment, including purchase price and any other expenses required to get the equipment ready for its intended use.

Expensed

Expensed is the recognition of a cost as an expense on the income statement in the period in which it is incurred, rather than capitalizing it as part of an asset.

Units-of-production Method

a depreciation technique that allocates the cost of an asset over its useful life based on the number of units it produces.

Straight-line Method

A method of calculating depreciation of an asset, which spreads the cost evenly over its useful life.