Answer:
(a) Assumption
(b) Cause and Effect
(c) Cause and effect
(d) Assumption
Explanation:
(a) People behave rationally: Assumption
Rational behavior refers to a decision-making process that is based on making assumptions that result in an optimal level of benefit or utility.
(b) Cause and Effect
If a price of goods falls that is a cause and the effect is that people will consume more of the good.
(c) Cause and effect
As the population grows faster than food supply (cause), mass starvation is predicted to occur which is the resultant effect.
(d) Assumption
The maximization of profit is based on the assumption of theory of production and costs.
Answer:
Explanation: The marketing mix consists of a number of factors that a producer usually exploits in order to influence consumers to purchase his/her products and services.
The marketing mix consists of:
- Product
- Price
- Place
- Promotion.
The above are usually called the 4Ps of marketing.
Of the four factors of the marketing mix, the factor that will the easiest for Lee to change will be the price.
This is because, often times, the price of a product or service will be the major determinant in the success of said commodity, and this is due to the fact that customers will compare the product being offered with its price in order to judge whether the product is worthy of the value placed on it.
Therefore, in order for Lee to influence the potential customers to make purchases, the price of the software program will be the easiest to be reviewed, and it should be set to a level where potential customers will be influenced to exchange their money for the software program.
Answer: variable; fixed
Explanation: In the short run, Kyoko's workers are variable inputs. This is because, the number of workers needed can be varied based on production needs, even in the short run. Examples are energy, labor etc.
Kyoko's ovens are fixed inputs. Fixed inputs are those inputs whose quantities cannot be changed in the short run by a firm as it seeks to change the quantity of output produced. Examples are equipment, land and building.
Answer: 2. biased; the question encourages a certain response.
Explanation:
The question is biased because it already makes assumptions of the two activities.
It labels football games as EXCITING whilst asking if one would 'SIT THROUGH' choir recitals which is a way of saying that the choir recitals are BORING.
This question therefore elicits a certain response as most people would go with the Exciting activity so as not to be seen as boring people who would go to choir recitals.
