Suppose the Lehigh Bookstore is a monopoly in selling the textbook Microeconomics All the Answers at Lehigh. The demand that the bookstore faces is p = 1000−Q. The bookstore’s total cost curve is C(Q) = 10 + 5Q. a. What is the bookstore’s profit-maximizing quantity of textbooks and their price? What is the bookstore’s level of profit? b. How do your answers change if C = 100 + 5Q? c. Suppose the bookstore has original costs, C(Q) = 10 + 5Q. What is the bookstore’s profit-maximizing quantity and price if the market inverse demand curve shifts to p = 28.75− 1 4 Q? Is the bookstore as profitable as they were in part a?

The text states, “the committee anticipates that it will be appropriate to raise the target range for the federal funds rate when it has seen further improvement in the labor market….” why would the committee raise the federal funds rate as the labor market improves?

Suppose that a worker in agland can produce either 10 units of organic grain or 2 units of incense per year, and a worker in zenland can produce either 5 units of organic grain or 15 units of incense per year. there are 20 workers in agland and 10 workers in zenland. currently the two countries do not trade. agland produces and consumes 100 units of grain and 20 units of incense per year. zenland produces and consumes 50 units of grain and no incense per year. if each country made the decision to specialize in producing the good in which it has a comparative advantage, then the combined yearly output of the two countries would increase by a. 30 units of grain and 100 units of incense. b. 30 units of grain and 150 units of incense. c. 50 units of grain and 90 units of incense. d. 50 units of grain and 130 units of ince

Jennifer purchased a house in a brand new development in the outskirts of town. when her house was built, the nearest fire department was nearly 20 miles away. as her neighborhood developed, the density of the community called for a new fire department 1.5 miles away. what effect will the new fire station have on her homeowners insurance premium? a. a new fire department will be more demanding on local taxes. her annual premium will go up. b. the location of a fire department has no bearing on the value of her house. her annual premium will stay the same. c. the new fire department will reduce the risk of financial loss in her home. her annual premium should decrease. d. with a fire department so close (less than 5 miles), financial risk on jennifer’s home practically disappears. she will not need to pay insurance anymore.