Vending Machines Are No Longer Limited by the Need for Cash

question 150

Multiple Choice

Vending machines are no longer limited by the need for cash. In Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines, consumers use mobile phones that transmit payments to vending machines wirelessly. This is an example of how vending machines can provide which type of utility?

• A) time
• B) place
• C) possession
• D) product
• E) form

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Definitions:

Marginal Cost

The expense associated with the production of an extra single unit of a good or service.

Perfectly Competitive

A market structure characterized by many buyers and sellers, free entry and exit, homogeneous products, and perfect information among consumers and producers.

Perfect Competitor

A theoretical market structure characterized by many buyers and sellers, homogeneous products, and no barriers to entry or exit, leading to perfect information and no control over prices.

Short Run

In economics, a period in which at least one input, such as plant size, cannot be changed; distinct from the long run where all inputs can be varied.