Refer to the Information Provided in Figure 4

question 83

Multiple Choice

Refer to the information provided in Figure 4.3 below to answer the questions that follow. Figure 4.3
-Refer to Figure 4.3. If the government will not allow the retailers to charge more than $0.40 for a pencil, which of the following will happen?

• A) Demand must eventually decrease so that the market will come into equilibrium at a price of $0.40.
• B) Supply must eventually increase so that the market will come into equilibrium at a price of $0.40.
• C) A nonprice rationing system such as queuing must be used to ration the available supply of pencils.
• D) The market will be in equilibrium at a price of $0.40.

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Definitions:

Chi-Squared Test

A statistical hypothesis test used to determine whether there is a significant difference between the expected frequencies and the observed frequencies in one or more categories.

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The mean of a probability distribution, representing the average outcome one expects to see if an experiment is repeated many times.

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The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true, used in hypothesis testing as a threshold for making decisions.