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  • A. second-degree price discrimination
  • B. third-degree discrimination
  • C. first-degree price discrimination
  • D. fourth-degree discrimination

Explanation: First-degree price discrimination charges each customer according to that customer's willingness or demand for the product.

Correct answer: first-degree price discrimination
  • A. English auctions
  • B. Dutch auctions
  • C. Sealed-bid auctions
  • D. all of the above

Explanation: Auction-type pricing includes English auctions, Dutch auctions, and sealed-bid auctions.

Correct answer: all of the above
  • A. $62.50
  • B. $65.50
  • C. $69.50
  • D. $75.50

Explanation: When the desired return on sales is 60%, the markup price is calculated as unit cost divided by one minus the return: $25 ÷ (1 − 0.60) =…

Correct answer: $62.50
  • A. markup demand
  • B. markup priceEconomics
  • C. markup cost
  • D. unit cost

Explanation: Markup price is found by dividing unit cost by one minus the desired return: unit cost ÷ (1 − desired return).

Correct answer: markup priceEconomics
  • A. markup demand
  • B. markup cost
  • C. unit cost
  • D. markup price

Explanation: Dividing total fixed cost by unit sales converts fixed cost into fixed cost per unit; adding variable cost per unit gives unit cost.

Correct answer: unit cost
  • A. perceived pricing
  • B. value pricingPrice Comparisons
  • C. high low pricing
  • D. everyday low pricing

Explanation: Everyday low pricing means charging a consistently low price instead of alternating between regular high prices and promotional discounts.

Correct answer: everyday low pricing
  • A. determining demand
  • B. select pricing objective
  • C. analyzing prices of competitor's
  • D. estimating costs

Explanation: Maximum current profit, market share growth, market skimming, and product-quality leadership are alternative pricing objectives a firm may…

Correct answer: select pricing objective
  • A. $4.33
  • B. $3.33
  • C. $2.33
  • D. $5.33

Explanation: Average cost is calculated by dividing total cost by output: $70,000 ÷ 30,000 units = approximately $2.33 per unit.

Correct answer: $2.33
  • A. rightward
  • B. downward
  • C. leftward
  • D. upward

Explanation: Prestige or Veblen goods may have an upward-sloping demand curve because a higher price can signal status and exclusivity, increasing…

Correct answer: upward
  • A. $32.25
  • B. $40.25
  • C. $36.25
  • D. $45.25

Explanation: Using target-return pricing, add the desired return on invested capital per unit to unit cost: $30 + (0.75 × $60,000 ÷ 20,000) = $32.25.

Correct answer: $32.25
  • A. stable
  • B. high
  • C. low
  • D. constant

Explanation: For a normal product, a high price generally reduces quantity demanded, assuming other factors remain unchanged.

Correct answer: high
  • A. shallow-pockets trap
  • B. fragile-market-share trap
  • C. low-quality trap
  • D. price-war traps

Explanation: The low-quality trap occurs when customers interpret a price reduction as evidence that the product's quality has deteriorated.

Correct answer: low-quality trap
  • A. low-quality trap
  • B. price-war traps
  • C. shallow-pockets trap
  • D. fragile-market-share trap

Explanation: The fragile-market-share trap describes gaining market share through price cuts while attracting customers who are not loyal and may leave…

Correct answer: fragile-market-share trap
  • A. every day competitive industry
  • B. monopolistic industry
  • C. oligopolistic industry
  • D. pure competition industry

Explanation: Paper, fertilizer, and steel are typically produced by a small number of large firms, making these industries oligopolistic.

Correct answer: oligopolistic industry
  • A. offset
  • B. compensation deal
  • C. barter
  • D. buy back arrangement

Explanation: Barter is direct exchange of goods between a buyer and seller without money or a third-party intermediary.

Correct answer: barter
  • A. equalizing-bid auctions
  • B. descending bids auction
  • C. ascending bids auctions
  • D. sealed-bid auctions

Explanation: A sealed-bid auction allows each seller to submit one confidential bid, so bidders do not successively revise offers.

Correct answer: sealed-bid auctions
  • A. second-degree price discrimination
  • B. first-degree price discrimination
  • C. third-degree discrimination
  • D. fourth-degree discrimination

Explanation: Second-degree price discrimination charges different prices according to the quantity purchased, such as volume discounts.

Correct answer: second-degree price discrimination
  • A. Dutch auctions
  • B. English auctions
  • C. equalizing-bid auctions
  • D. Australian auctionsFind Prototyping Services

Explanation: An English auction has one seller and many buyers, with bidders openly raising the offered price until no higher bid is made.

Correct answer: English auctions
  • A. First degree
  • B. Second degree
  • C. Third degree
  • D. Fourth degree

Explanation: Image, location, channel and time-based pricing charge different prices according to identifiable market segments or purchasing…

Correct answer: Third degree
  • A. average costs
  • B. fixed costs
  • C. variable costs
  • D. discounted costsTake Economics Courses

Explanation: Average cost is found by dividing total cost by the level of output: average cost = total cost ÷ quantity produced.

Correct answer: average costs