PROBLEM SET 3 Name: ________________________________________ Problem Set 3 is to be completed by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week 6. 1. Data for the market for graham crackers is shown below. Calculate the elasticity of demand between the following prices. Price of crackers Quantity Demanded (per month) $3 80 $2.5 120 $2 160 $1.5 200 $1 240 $1.00 - $1.50: ___________________________________ $1.50 - $2.00: ___________________________________ $2.00 - $2.50: ___________________________________
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Department of Economics Economics 011 Section 14 Prof. Steve Suranovic Fall 2012 Problem Set #2 – Answers Answer all of the following questions from the book and those below. HW #2 is due in class on Wednesday Feb 22nd . A. Questions from Text and Readings R&T Chapter 2-5 (online)‚ Chapter 2.4 Review and Practice (in printed textbook); Concept Problems 2‚ 3; (for Extra Practice complete Numerical Problems 1 – 5 (not required for HW1)) CP2. Why does the downward-sloping production possibilities
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Problem set 3 (Answer) 7.6. A farmer uses three inputs to produce vegetables: land‚ capital‚ and labor. The production function for the farm exhibits diminishing marginal rate of technical substitution. a) In the short run the amount of land is fixed. Suppose the prices of capital and labor both increase by 5 percent. What happens to the cost-minimizing quantities of labor and capital for a given output level? Remember that there are three inputs‚ one of which is fixed. b) Suppose only the cost
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CACL 2014 Case studies and problem sets Problem Set 1 The following problems and questions should be answered after you have read Chapters 1 and 2. 1. GML is a public company. Its shares are listed for quotation on the ASX. What does it mean to say that a company is listed? Are all public companies listed on the ASX? See [¶1-120]‚ [¶1-140] and key terms [¶1-500] If a public company is listed on the ASX‚ members of the public can buy and sell securities (such as shares) issued by the company
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ECP 6705 – First Problem Set Fall‚ 2014 Name or Names: (if a group of two) 1. Write a memo to UWF COB Dean Tim O’Keefe explaining why you believe offering a tuition increase for the next semester MBA students will increase total revenue (assume that he has heard of elasticity‚ but is no expert on the subject). 2. Mentone Cabins recently reduced price by 20 percent and saw volume increase by 10 percent. Should the owners reduce price further
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Text Problem Sets A1. (Bond valuation) A $1‚000 face value bond has a remaining maturity of 10 years and a required return of 9%. The bond’s coupon rate is 7.4%. What is the fair value of this bond? Number of years (N) = 10‚ future value (FV) = 1000‚ interest rate (I/YR) = 9 0.074 * 1000 = 74 = PMT or annual payment‚ I then pressed CPT on my financial calculator to compute the price of the bond and then pressed PV or present value. The fair value of the bond is $897.32. Using Cash Flow of
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Problem Set 4 1. What determines whether a financial asset is included in the M1 money supply? Why are interest-earning checkable deposits included in M1‚ whereas interest-earning savings accounts and Treasury bills are not? a. Any financial asset that can be easily changed into physical money is included in the M1 money supply. b. Because checkable deposits are easily changed into physical money‚ they are included in M1; however‚ savings accounts and Treasury bills cannot be‚ due to the fact that
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MCB 150 Lab PROBLEM SET 1 1. The data below were obtained after performance of Ex. 2 as stated in your MCB 150 lab manual. a. Estimate the number of total bacteria‚ actinomycetes‚ fungi and algae per gram (dry weight) of soil collected from the IBS garden pH: 6.0 ODW: 8.6 grams Colony Counts: PDA 10-1: 210‚ 190 AMA 10-4: 125‚ 119 SCA 10-4: 80‚ 62 10-2: 20‚ 34 10-5: 17‚ 29 10-5: 18‚ 2 Algal Medium (no. of + tubes/ no. of inoculated tubes): 10-1: 5/ 5 10-2: 5/ 5 10-3: 3/ 5 10-4:
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ZPH 123 Problem set Forces 1. Two 25.0-N weights are suspended at opposite ends of a rope that passes over a light‚ frictionless pulley. The pulley is attached to a chain that goes to the ceiling. a. What is the tension in the rope? b. What is the tension in the chain? 2. A stockroom worker pushes a box with mass 11.2 kg on a horizontal surface with constant speed of 3.50 m/s. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the box and the surface is 0.20. a. What horizontal force must be applied by
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Problem Set 1 1. (Star Wars) Real GDP = 461.0(214.5/60.6) = 1‚631.76 (E.T.) Real GDP = 399.9(214.5/96.5) = 888.90 (Titanic) Real GDP = 600.8(214.5/160.5) = 802.94 (Shrek 2) Real GDP = 437.2(214.5/188.9) = 496.45 (Avatar) Real GDP = 760.5(214.5/214.5) = 760.5 Real GDP in Order of Largest to Smallest Movies Nominal Box Office Receipts (millions) CPI in Year Released Real Box Office Receipts (millions) Star Wars (1977) 461.0 60.6 1‚631.76 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 399.9 96.5 888.90 Titanic
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