...Quiz 1 1. Economics is best defined as the study of how (3) 1) prices and quantities of goods and services are determined in markets. 2) private firms and households respond to taxes and subsidies. 3) people make choices in the presence of scarcity and the results of those choices. 4) interest rates and exchange rates are determined. 2. The scarcity principle implies that (4) 1) people will never be satisfied with what they have. 2) as wealth increases, making choices becomes less necessary. 3) the prices of scarce goods must rise due to excess demand. 4) choices must be made and tradeoffs will occur. 3. The 'no-free-lunch' principle is another name for the (2) 1) cost-benefit principle. 2) the scarcity principle. 3) the ceteris paribus principle. 4) the marginal (not average) principle. 4. You currently go to the gym three times each week. Each visit costs you $15 and you get $90 worth of benefits from your current weekly gym routine. Given this information (4) 1) you should go to the gym a fourth time each week. 2) you should reduce the number of times you go to the gym each week. 3) you should not change your gym routine. 4) it is impossible to say whether you should go to the gym more often than three times a week. 5. To earn her allowance of $30 Janie must either mow the lawn or wash clothes. She dislikes both chores, but prefers working outdoors. If both jobs take the same amount of time Janie will choose to mow...
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...BEA111 Principles of Economics 1 Question 1 Brooke, Grant and Melanie are three friends deciding how they will celebrate the New Year TOGETHER. Brooke prefers to go on a cruise, is happy to go to Fiji, but does not want to go to Brisbane. Grant prefers to go to Brisbane, is happy to go to Fiji, but does not want to go on a cruise. Melanie prefers to go to Fiji or to take a cruise but does not want to go Brisbane. a) If all three are rational, how will they celebrate the New Year? Explain. b) Identify each person’s opportunity cost of their final decision. | Happy to go on a cruise? | Happy to go to Brisbane? | Happy to go to Fiji? | Brooke | Extremely | No | Yes | Grant | No | Extremely | Yes | Melanie | Yes | No | Extremely | Rational choice | No | No | Yes | The ultimate goal of all three friends including Brooke, Grant and Melanie is to celebrate the New Year together. Therefore, the premise of the rational choice is that they must celeberate the New Year together. Therefore, finding a way that could mostly satisfy the common interests or preferences of all these three friends can be considered as a rational choice. The current situation can be placed in a chart above, and it can be seen that while Grant does not wish to take a cruise as the method of transport, Brooke and Melanie are happy to go on a cruise, especially for Brooke. However, Brooke and Melanie have not specifically mentioned that they are unwilling to go on a cruise. To satisfy the...
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