Speculator paid $25,000 net each for two 150 front-foot lots. Speculator split them into 3 lots with equal front footage. Speculator sold the 3 lots for $300 per front foot. What was Speculator's percentage of profit?

Select one business that interests you (for example, a local restaurant). Describe some possible investments in physical capital and in human capital that could improve production possibilities for that business.

What is the marginal rate of substitution (MRS) and why does it diminish as the consumer substitutes one product for another?

The most important control for detecting credit card fraud is:

A study finds that the noise from rock concerts is harmful; hence, the government imposes a $30 tax on the sale of every unit. This amount accurately accounts for the external cost of the noise pollution.

An economic model is: A. a complete replication of a market or other economic institution that leaves nothing out. B. a small plastic replication of a bank or stock market. C. a simplified representation of an economic concept or institution. D.

Which of the following statements is true? A.) Recombination of the body color and red/cinnabar eye alleles will occur more frequently than recombination of the alleles for wing length and aristae length. B.

What will the federal government (federal reserve bank) do in an attempt to encourage saving and investing?

As the prices in markets change, buyers and sellers respond in different ways according to how much time they have to react. Match the time period to its correct description.

The basic problem with the average-cost approach is that it: A. does not consider cost variations at different levels of output. B. does not consider historical values. C. does not add a reasonable markup to the average cost of a product. D.

The law of supply and demand asserts that