Midterm 1
1. Given the following table, plot MB and MC. At what unit of activity is considered the efficient level?
Unit of Activity MB MC
1 100 10
2 80 20
3 60 30
4 40 40
5 20 50
2. Plot the given schedule. Are opportunity costs increasing or constant?
Good X Good Y
10 0
5 10
0 20
3. Given the following table, answer the questions:
Elizabeth Brian
Bread Apple Bread Apple
100 0 20 0
50 50 10 5
0 100 0 15
a) Calculate opportunity costs for Elizabeth and Brian.
b) Who produces apples and who produces bread?
c) Given that Terms of Trade is 8 breads and 20 apples. Should they trade? (draw box and show).
4. Consider the market for orange juice. Apple juice prices have gone down, and price of oranges have gone up. What shifts demand and supply of orange juice? Assuming the magnitude of the shifts is equal, what happens to price and quantity demanded and supplied of orange juice?
5. Assume the market for local bus rides. People's income are increasing as the economy is booming. Moreover, government is giving subsidies to owners of local buses. What shifts