The term market mechanism refers to: a. The use of market prices and sales to determine resource allocation. b. The establishment of a ceiling price in a market. c. Supply and demand curves. d. Government laws and regulations concerning how the market should operate.

Large public water and sewer companies often become monopolies because they benefit from although the company faces high start-up costs, the firm experiences average production costs as it expands and adds more customers. smaller competitors would experience average costs and would be less

Asemiprofessional baseball team near your town plays two home games each month at the local baseball park. they split the concessions 50/50 with the city, but keep revenue from ticket sales for themselves. the city charges the team $100 each month for the three-month season. the team pays the players and manager a total of $1,000 a month. the team charges $10 for each ticket, and the average customer spends $7 at the concession stand. attendance averages 30 people at each home game. in order to break even, how many tickets does the team need to sell for each game? a. 33b. 37c. 41e. 49f. 244

Sole proprietorships produce more goods and services than does any other form of business organization.