A Supply Curve Slopes Upward Because

question 95

Multiple Choice

A supply curve slopes upward because

• A)as more is produced,total cost of production falls.
• B)an increase in input prices increases supply.
• C)the quantity supplied of most goods and services increases over time.
• D)an increase in price gives producers an incentive to supply a larger quantity.

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Definitions:

Return on Investment

A measure of the profitability of an investment, calculated as the net profit from the investment divided by the initial cost of the investment.

Dividends

Disbursements issued by a company to its shareholders, representing a share of the company's earnings distributed to its stock owners.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data points, widely used in finance to measure the volatility of investment returns.

Variance

In statistics, variance is a measure of how far a set of numbers is spread out from their average value. It's key in assessing variability and risk.