"Without engaging in international trade, Freedonia and Lamponia would have been able to consume at the after-trade consumption bundles" is FALSE.
<u>Option:</u> B
<u>Explanation:</u>
Specialization refers to countries' propensity to focus in certain items they exchange for other commodities, rather than to manufacture all the consumer goods on their own. As the PPF production possibilities frontier displays that production is impractical, Freedonia and Lamponia had to engage in international trade.
Both countries are able to consume the goods they produce.When a country is skilled in manufacturing a good, it can manufacture this good at a lower cost of opportunity than its trading nation. For this comparative advantage, both countries benefit from competing and trading with one another.
Answer:
d. an increase in the quantity of bicycles demanded.
Explanation:
For this question, the law of demand applies.
According to the law of demand, when the price of the good increases the quantity demanded of that good would be decreased keeping other things constant and when the price of the good decreases the quantity demanded of that good would be increased keeping other things constant.
It reflects the inverse relationship between the price and the quantity demanded of the good.
Answer:
It would fall
Explanation:
The unemployment rate measures the amount of people who are out of a job for at least 4 weeks, and are actively seeking to find a new job. If a person is not willing or able to search for a job, he/she is not considered unemployed nor part of the labor force.
If unemployed people just quit looking for jobs, the unemployment will decrease even though the number of people who are out a job increases. This happens because as soon as someone quits looking for new job, they are not considered unemployed anymore.
Answer:
c. $3,150
Explanation:
The computation of the gross income is shown below:
= Interest on savings accounts + Interest on a State bond + Interest portion of proceeds of a 5% bank certificate of deposit + Dividends on USG common stock
= $2,000 + $600 + $250 + $300
= $3,150
We do not consider the school bonds as it would not be included in the gross income. So, we ignored it
Answer:
Luana will save $2,493.522
Explanation:
Given:
Luana will deposit $570 every year for 4 years. This is an annuity as same amount is deposited every year.
Rate is 6% or 0.06
We have to compute Luana's savings at the end of 4th year.
Refer future value of annuity factor table at 6%, 4th year. Annuity factor is 4.3746.
Savings = Yearly deposit × Annuity factor
= 570 × 4.3746
= $2,493.522
Therefore, Luana will save $2,493.522 by the end of 4 years.
