Microeconomics Milestone 1

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12/16/23, 7)40 AM Sophia :: Welcome Page 1 of 28 https://app.sophia.org/spcc/microeconomics-3/milestone_take_feedbacks/27314343 1 11/18 ! that's 61% RETAKE " 11 questions were answered correctly . 7 questions were answered incorrectly . Which of the following is an example of microeconomics? " A study that analyzes the reasons why one nation’s economy has grown faster than another nation’s economy A study showing how fast the U.S. economy is growing
12/16/23, 7)40 AM Sophia :: Welcome Page 2 of 28 https://app.sophia.org/spcc/microeconomics-3/milestone_take_feedbacks/27314343 CONCEPT Microeconomics and Macroeconomics 2 RATIONALE Consumer’s reactions and decisions are part of microeconomics. Report an issue with this question Interest rates rise on your savings account at your bank, and you decide to save 5% more from your paycheck to take advantage of the increased rates. Which of the six core principles of the economic way of thinking does this decision illustrate? " " # A study of a consumer's reactions to changes in the price of gasoline A study analyzing a nation’s unemployment rate
12/16/23, 7)40 AM Sophia :: Welcome Page 3 of 28 https://app.sophia.org/spcc/microeconomics-3/milestone_take_feedbacks/27314343 CONCEPT Six Core Principles of the Economic Way of Thinking 3 RATIONALE The incentive is the higher interest paid, and your choice to save more means that you are responding in a predictable way to that incentive. Which situation best explains the horizontal demand " $ # People Respond in Predictable Ways to Incentives All Choices Involve Costs The Consequences of Choices Lie in the Future People Make Choices UNIT 1 — MILESTONE 1 11/18
12/16/23, 7)40 AM Sophia :: Welcome Page 4 of 28 https://app.sophia.org/spcc/microeconomics-3/milestone_take_feedbacks/27314343 curve in this graph? " So many farms are producing green bell peppers that they must all sell the peppers at the same price. Green bell peppers are highly demanded due to news articles about their positive health e ff ects. Many small farms have been merging into large conglomerate farms.
12/16/23, 7)40 AM Sophia :: Welcome Page 5 of 28 https://app.sophia.org/spcc/microeconomics-3/milestone_take_feedbacks/27314343 CONCEPT Demand 4 RATIONALE Horizontal demand curves are exceptions to the law of demand. The price of $0.50 holds because so many green peppers are for sale that sellers have little choice but to sell green bell peppers at the same price. Report an issue with this question The study of economics is concerned with individuals and groups making __________. $ " " # The price is kept low to protect against foreign competition in the green bell pepper market. laws # choices
12/16/23, 7)40 AM Sophia :: Welcome Page 6 of 28 https://app.sophia.org/spcc/microeconomics-3/milestone_take_feedbacks/27314343 CONCEPT What is Economics? 5 RATIONALE Economics studies the choices made by individuals and groups. Report an issue with this question A __________ is an economy that combines property rights, resource allocation methods, and incentives in di ff erent ways to varying degrees. " money hasty decisions command economy market economy
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