Waec economic answer

(1ai)
Price = $20
Quatity = 50kg
(1aii)
The firm's profit = Total revenue - total cost = TR - TC
TR = price x quatinty sold
= $20 x 50
= $1000
TC = $12 x 50
= $600
Profit = $(1000-600)
= $400
(1aiii)
Normal profit
(1b)
Because it is equal to demand curve of a firm and demand of perfectly elastic
OR
AR = MR = MC = Demand & supply Curve
(1c)
(i) Both are falling at initial stage
(ii) Both of them are rising after they intersect at price of $10 and quantity of 40kg
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(2a)
Balance of trade = Total visible
Export – total visible = Import
Visible Exports = $m
Agriculture = 200
Minefal produce –
Capital goods –
Total $500
Visible Import: – $m
Agriculture –
Mineral produces –
Consumer goods 250
Capital goods 400
Total $650
Therefore Balance of trade = $500 – $650
Balance of trade = $150
It is unfavourable Balance of Trade because total visible export is less than the total visible import
(2b)
Invisible Trade Balance = Total Invisible Export – total
Visible Import –
Invisible Export – $m
Insurance – 25
Banking – 30
Transportation – 25
Total $80
Invisible Import – $m
Insurance – 50
Banking – 75
Transportation – 85
Total = $210
Therefore invisible Trade balance = $80 – $ 210
= -$130
i.e – $130
it is an unfavourable invisible trade balance total invisible import is more than total invisible export
(2c)
Balance of current Balance = value of total Export – Value of total Import
Total Export – $m
Agriculture – 200
Mineral produce – 300
Consumers goods –
Capital goods –
Insurance – 25
Banking – 30
Transportation – 25
Total = $580
Total Imports: – $m
Agriculture –
Mineral produce –
Consumer goods 250
Capital goods – 400
Insurance – 50
Banking – 75
Transport – 85
Total = $860
Therefore 580 – 860 = $280
It is a deficit current Account balance
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(3a)
Distribution of goods is a process of making a product being produced or service available for a consumer or business user who needs it. This can be done directly by the producer or service provider or using indirect channels with distributors or intermediaries.
(3b)
Consumers’ cooperative society is a society owned and operated by a group of ultimate consumers who pull their resources together to purchase goods and services in large quantities and distribute them mainly to its members.
(3c)
(i) To meet the need of consumers in quality goods and services at an affordable price
(ii) To produce goods, to provide households and production services including credit and issuance.
(iii) To provide services to its members
(iv) To raise the standard of living in a particular area or country
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4a)
Industry is said to be that part of business activities which works in order to produce want satisfying goods with the help of material resources readily, available.
4b)
i) Division of Labour means that the main process of production is split up into many simple parts and each part is taken by different workers who are specialised in the production of that specific part.
ii)Economies of Scale refer to the cost advantage experienced by a firm when it increases its level of output. The advantage arises due to the inverse relationship between per-unit fixed cost and the quantity produced. The greater the quantity of output produced, the lower the per-unit fixed cost
4c)
(i)Internal economic of scale are the unit cost advantages from expanding the scale of production in the long run.
(ii)These lower costs represent an improvement in long run productive efficiency and can give a business a significant competitive advantage in a market.
(iii)They also lead to lower prices and higher profits
(iv)If long run average total cost curve (LRAC) is declining, then internal economies of scale are being exploited
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(5a)
joint venture is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance.
(5b)
(i)Limited Liability
(ii)Restricted Trade of Shares
(iii)Separate Personality
(5c)
(i)private foreign finance (external borrowing)
(ii)local private finance from banks
(iii)direct government finance, in the form of equity, credit, or subsidy capital
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(7ai)
Growing population is the increase in a population that occurs when the birth rate is higher than the death rate, or when immigration exceeds emigration, or when a combination of these factors is present. While declining population is a reduction in a human population caused by events such as long-term demographic trends, as in sub-replacement fertility, urban decay, white flight, or rural flight, or due to violence, disease, or other catastrophes.
(7aii)
Overpopulation refers to a population which exceeds its sustainable size within a particular environment or habitat while under population is a situation in which there are too few people to realize the economic potential of an area or support its population’s standard of living.
(7b)
(i)Pressure of Population on Land
(ii)Low Per Capita Income
(iii)Low Per Capita Availability of Essential Articles
(iv)Burden of Unproductive Consumers
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(8a)
Public debt refers to the debt of a country owes to its citizens or other countries or organization such as International Monetary Fund(IMF) and World Bank
(8b)
(i) To finance budget deficit
(ii) To provide employment opportunities
(iii) To finance huge capital projects such as railways,roads,electricity etc
(8c)
(i) A large domestic debt will limit influence the distribution of income of the people
(ii) It can reduce the availability of foreign exchange in the form of depleted foreign reserves
(iii) If a large internal debt is sustained by high rate of interest it will reduce private investment on capital goods