If a perfectly competitive firm is a price taker, then: a) pressure from competing firms will force acceptance of the prevailing market price.
b) quality differences will be very perceptible and will play a major role in the purchaser's decisions.
c) it can increase or decrease its output without affecting the overall quantity supplied in the market.
d) it must be a relatively small player compared to its competitors in the overall market.

Suppose that in an economy the structural unemployment rate is 2.2 percent, the natural unemployment rate is 5.3 percent, and the cyclical unemployment rate is 2 percent. the frictional unemployment rate is percent and the actual unemployment rate (in this economy) is percent.

After graduation, you plan to work for dynamo corporation for 12 years and then start your own business. you expect to save and deposit $7,500 a year for the first 6 years (t = 1 through t = 6) and $15,000 annually for the following 6 years (t = 7 through t = 12). the first deposit will be made a year from today. in addition, your grandfather just gave you a $32,500 graduation gift which you will deposit immediately (t = 0). if the account earns 9% compounded annually, how much will you have when you start your business 12 years from now?

Read the following paragraph, and choose the best revision for one of its sentences.dr. blake is retiring at the end of the month. there will be an unoccupied office upon his departure, and it is big in size. because every other office is occupied, we should convert dr. blake’s office into a lounge. it is absolutely essential that this issue is discussed at the next staff meeting. (a) because every other office is occupied, it’s recommended that we should convert dr. blake’s office into a lounge. (b) because every other office is filled, we should convert dr. blake’s office into a lounge.