A Good Is Path Dependent When

question 173

Multiple Choice

A good is path dependent when

• A)consumers get utility from consuming goods that others are consuming, such as restaurants.
• B)the first technology that was adopted has an advantage over a better technology that came later.
• C)people who move location follow the path of people who moved before them.
• D)it can only be used in one way.

Understand the concept of molarity and how to calculate changes in molarity upon dilution.

Identify weak and strong acids and their common characteristics.

Identify weak and strong bases and their properties.

Understand and predict the products of specific acid-base reactions, including neutralization and saponification.

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Definitions:

Waste of Resources

The inefficient use of materials, labor, energy, or capital that does not maximise potential utility or value.

Monopolistically Competitive

In a monopolistically competitive market, many firms sell products that are similar but not identical, allowing for product differentiation and some degree of market power over prices.

Short Run

A period in economic analysis in which at least one input is fixed while others are variable.

Long Run

the period in which all factors of production and costs are variable, allowing for all possible adjustments, including the adoption of new technology.