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The four factors of production are

  • productive factors, neutral factors, entrepreneurial factors, and nonproductive factors.
  • machines, factories, buildings, and farms.
  • men, women, animals, and children.
  • labour, money, profits, and land.
  • labour, capital, entrepreneurship, and land. (correct)
  • Profit is the factor price for

  • capital.
  • capital services.
  • labour.
  • land.
  • entrepreneurship. (correct)
  • Coal is an example of

  • capital.
  • a common resource.
  • capital.
  • a renewable natural resource.
  • a nonrenewable natural resource. (correct)
  • Water from the Mackenzie River is an example of

    <p>a natural resource that can be used repeatedly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Natural resources that are depleted as they are used

    <p>are called nonrenewable natural resources.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    An example of a nonrenewable natural resource is

    <p>oil.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Choose the statement that is incorrect.

    <p>Most capital services are traded in a market.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Firms hire labour

    <p>to maximize profit.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    To maximize profit, a firm hires labour until

    <p>the value of marginal product equals the wage rate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    To maximize profit, the firm must equate the

    <p>value of marginal product to the factor price.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The value of marginal product of labour is the revenue

    <p>generated by the employment of an additional unit of labour.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If marginal product of a restaurant employee is 10 customers per hour, and the price of a meal is $15, the restaurant employee's value of marginal product is

    <p>150</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Suppose a gift shop in Corner Brook Newfoundland hires workers to personalize ornaments for Christmas. The store sells the personalized ornaments for $6 each. The value of marginal product of this store's fourth worker is $60. The marginal product of the fourth worker is

    <p>10 ornaments.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If the marginal product of a baker is 10 loaves of bread, and the price of a loaf of bread is $2, the baker's value of marginal product is

    <p>20.00.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The Brown's Egg store in Lethbridge Alberta hires workers to paint eggs. The price of an egg is $2.50. The value of marginal product of this store's fifth worker is $25. The marginal product of the fifth worker is

    <p>10 eggs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Refer to Table 18.2.1. If the firm can sell all the output it wants for the price of $5 a unit, what is the value of marginal product of the 6th worker?

    <p>25</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Refer to Table 18.2.1. If the firm can sell all the output it wants for the price of $4 a unit, what is the profit-maximizing number of workers if the wage rate is $12?

    <p>8</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If the price of the firm's output decreases, the value of marginal product curve

    <p>shifts to the left.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Mr. Shaw has a small factory in Estevan Saskatchewan. He will continue hiring labour as long as the value of marginal product of labour ________ the wage rate.

    <p>is greater than</p> Signup and view all the answers

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