Hester operates a hand car wash service and charges customers $10 per car wash. Based on her knowledge of operations, the 100th car in a day costs her $9.95 to wash. If she takes additional business, however, the 101st car will cost her $10.05 to wash. Does she take the additional business? Group of answer choices No, because she has hidden costs that far exceed her estimate of $10.05, so she loses money. No. She turns away business when the cost of an additional unit exceeds the income from it. No, because taking on additional business doesn’t earn her any money. Yes, because if she turns away business, his service will be forced to close. Yes. More business means more revenue, and more revenue means more profits.

Which of the following best describes the economic effect that results when the government increases interest rates and restricts the lending of money? a. borrowing money becomes more expensive and there is less investment in production. b. the economy grows as investments result in larger profits. c. government spending drives up prices because of greater competition for goods and services. d. consumers save more money and spend less buying goods and services.

Which of the following explains why the government sets a required reserve ratio for private banks? a. to allow the government to control the interest rate charged on loans. b. to prevent banks from printing too much money and causing inflation. c. to make sure banks don't run out of money when customers make withdrawals. d. to enable the regulation of risk levels in the decision process of offering loans. 2b2t

4. suppose that pollution in a neighborhood comes from two factories, with marginal benefit curves given by mb1 = 12 – p1 and mb2 = 8 – p2. the level of pollution in the neighborhood is given by p = p1 + p2. the government wants to limit pollution by instituting a pollution-rights market. the government’s desired level of p is 10, so it prints 10 pollution rights and offers them for sale to the firms. a)find the equilibrium selling price of a pollution right, as well as the allocation of rights (and hence pollution levels) across the two factories. b)repeat part (a) for the case where the government’s desired level of pollution equals 14. c)comment on the usefulness of a pollution rights market in achieving efficient levels of pollution abatement.