Alpha and Beta, two small economies, can produce cheese or butter with the same resource, raw milk. Assuming constant opportunity costs, Alpha can produce either 30 pounds of cheese or 15 pounds of butter per day. Beta can produce either 40 pounds of cheese or 10 pounds of butter per day. The opportunity cost of producing one pound of butter for Alpha is

a. two-thirds of a pound of cheese.
b. half of a pound of cheese.
c. two pounds of cheese.
d. one pound of cheese.
e. one and a half pounds of cheese

Consider the market for gasoline. suppose that, in a competitive market without government regulations, the equilibrium price of gasoline is $3.00 per gallon, and employees at gas stations earn $17.50 per hour. complete the following table by indicating whether each of the statements is an example of a price ceiling or a price floor and whether it results in a shortage or a surplus or has no effect on the price and quantity that prevail in the market. statement price control effect the government has instituted a legal minimum price of $3.40 per gallon for gasoline. the government prohibits gas stations from selling gasoline for more than $3.40 per gallon. due to new regulations, gas stations that would like to pay better wages in order to hire more workers are prohibited from paying more than $14.50 per hour.

According to this excerpt, a key part of our national security strategy is

Which of the following will be a source of cash flows for a shareholder of a certain stock? i. sale of the shares at a future date ii. the firm in which the shares are held paying out cash to shareholders in the form of dividends iii. the firm in which the shares are held increasing the total number of shares outstanding through a stock split