Question 9 (1 point)
You have just been hired as a business consultant to determine what pricing policy would be appropriate in order to increase the total revenue of an online clothing store. What would your first step be?
Increase the price of everything in the store
Look for ways to cut costs and increase profit for the store.
Determine the elasticity of demand for the store's products
Suggest that the store purchase an entirely new line of clothing that they could sell more cheaply
Question 10 (1 point)
Table 3-5
Labour hours needed to make 1 unit
Amount produced in 24 hours:
Cars
Airplanes
Cars
Airplanes
Canada
30
120
54
18
Japan
40
160
60
15
Refer to Table 3-5. Which country has an absolute advantage in each product?
Canada has an absolute advantage in neither good, and Japan has an absolute advantage in cars
Canada has an absolute advantage in airplanes, and Japan has an absolute advantage in cars
Canada has an absolute advantage in cars, and Japan has an absolute advantage in airplanes.
Canada has an absolute advantage in neither good, and Japan has an absolute advantage in both goods
Question 11 (1 point)
Why are production possibilities frontiers usually bowed outward?
constant opportunity cost
increasing opportunity cost
decreasing opportunity cost
increasing productivity