Israel's Iron Dome is an air defense system designed to intercept and destroy incoming missiles and mortars fired across the border by Hamas and other Palestinian factions. It works. Israel's Defense Minister claims the Iron Dome has been 90 percent effective in shielding population centers in the latest barrage of artillery fired into Israel by Hamas. Source: News reports of July 20-28, 2014 Suppose the annual cost of the Iron Dome is $50 million. What is the opportunity cost of this defense spending in terms of private housing, assuming a new home can be constructed for houses per year a. $100,000? houses per Jyear b. $150,000?

The U.S. economy relies heavily on international trade. Choose two transactions at random that result from international trade; one where purchases are made from another country and one where the U.S. sends a product to another country. Identify the impact of each of these on imports, exports, net imports, and net exports at the time the transaction takes place.     For example, if you purchase a product online that is made in and shipped from Italy to you in the United States what is the effect on the U.S. economy in these four categories at the time of the transaction?    In addition, there has been a lot of news in recent years surrounding tariffs. Exactly what is a tariff and what is the impact of tariffs on international trade? Who pays the cost of tarffs?

127.) Suppose Robinson and Crusoe are stranded on a desert island in the Pacific Ocean and discover a large amount of currency from a previous shipwreck. Friday catches 20 fish and sells them to Robinson Crusoe for  $40 apiece. Robinson Crusoe uses the fish he purchased from Friday to make 40 gallons of fish oil, which he sells to Friday for $20 per gallon. If the transactions above are the only ones that take place in 2002, what is the GDP of the island in 2002?       $0       $800       $1600       $2400

Which of the following statements concerning location economies is FALSE? Explain Why? 1. Companies must determine where to sell and where to produce. 2.The Internet is an industry where companies must locate facilities near their foreign customers, so decisions on market and production location are connected. (difficult, page 382) 3.Companies may have excess production capacity already in place that will influence their ability to serve markets in different countries. 4. The process of determining an overall geographic strategy must be flexible because country conditions change

Attempts: Keep the Highest: 14 3. The relationship between marginal and average costs Consider the following scenario to understand the relationship between marginal and average values. Suppose Charles is a professional basketball player, and his game log for free throws can be summarized in the following table. Fill in the columns with Charles's free-throw percentage for each game and his overall free-throw average after each game. Game Game Result Total Game Free-Throw Percentage Average Free-Throw Percentage 8/10 8/10 80 80 4/10 12/20 2/8 14/28 2/4 16/32 6/8 22/40

Question 10 Which statement is supported by the information in the table? Export and Import Table Canada United States Top Export Partners n Export Partner D United States United Kingdom Canada Mexico China Japan Percent of Exports 73.70% 4.20% 19.00% 13.30% 7.00% 4.50% Top Import Partners Import Partner United States China Mexico China Canada Mexico Japan Germany B The United States exports more goods to China than to Canada. Percent of Imports 49.50% Trade with China disrupts trade between the United States and Canada. 10.80% A Canada and the United States are each the chief exporting nation to the other. 5.50% 18.40% 14.20% 11.70% 5.80% 4.40% Canada imports more goods from the United States than it exports to the United States.