问题


There is a single choice question about high school macroeconomics. Answer the question by replying A, B, C or D.
Question: Suppose that current disposable income is $10000 and consumption spending is $8000. For every $100 increase in disposable income saving increases $10. Given this information
A. the marginal propensity to consume is .80.
B. the marginal propensity to save is .20.
C. the marginal propensity to save is .10.
D. the marginal propensity to save is .90.
Answer:

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金声玉亮2.0

C. the marginal propensity to save is .10.

Explanation: The marginal propensity to save (MPS) is the change in saving divided by the change in disposable income. In this case, for every $100 increase in disposable income, saving increases by $10, so the MPS is $10/$100 = 0.10.

Note: The marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is the change in consumption divided by the change in disposable income. Since the change in consumption is not given, we cannot determine the MPC.

Also, note that the initial values of disposable income and consumption spending are not necessary to answer the question. The question only requires the change in saving and disposable income to calculate the MPS.

Therefore, option C is the correct answer.

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C
deepseekr1

C. the marginal propensity to save is .10.

**Explanation:**
The marginal propensity to save (MPS) is calculated as the change in saving divided by the change in disposable income. Here, a $100 increase in income leads to a $10 increase in saving, so \( \text{MPS} = \frac{\Delta S}{\Delta Y} = \frac{10}{100} = 0.10 \). The initial levels of income and consumption ($10,000 and $8,000) are irrelevant to the **marginal** propensity, which focuses on **changes** in income and saving. Thus, the correct answer is **C**.
C
gpto1 C C
GPT-4o A. the marginal propensity to consume is .80. C
llama3.1-70B-Instruct

B
C
llama3.1-405B-Instruct

C. the marginal propensity to save is .10.

Explanation: The marginal propensity to save (MPS) is the change in saving divided by the change in disposable income. In this case, for every $100 increase in disposable income, saving increases by $10, so MPS = $10 / $100 = 0.10.

Note: The marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is the change in consumption divided by the change in disposable income. Since the change in consumption is not given, we cannot determine MPC directly. However, since MPS + MPC = 1, if MPS is 0.10, then MPC would be 0.90, but that is not an option provided.
C
DeepSeek-Coder-V2 B C
Qwen2-72B-Instruct C. the marginal propensity to save is .10. C
baichuan4 C C
doubao C. The marginal propensity to consume is the change in consumption divided by the change in income. Here, when income increases by $10000 - $8000 = $2000 and saving increases by $10, the marginal propensity to save is $10 / $2000 = 0.005 = 0.01 = 0.10. C
minimax A. the marginal propensity to consume is .80.

Explanation:
The marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is the increase in consumption spending divided by the increase in disposable income. In this case, when disposable income increases by $100, consumption spending increases by $80 (since saving increases by $10, which is the remainder of the $100 increase in income).

MPC = Change in Consumption / Change in Disposable Income
MPC = $80 / $100
MPC = 0.80

The marginal propensity to save (MPS) is the increase in saving divided by the increase in disposable income. Since the question does not ask for the MPS, the correct answer is the one that describes the MPC, which is A.
C
kimi A. the marginal propensity to consume is .80.

Explanation: The marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is the proportion of an additional dollar of disposable income that is spent on consumption. In this case, for every $100 increase in disposable income, consumption spending increases by $80 (since $8000 is the consumption spending at $10000 disposable income, and the increase is $10 for every $100 increase in income). Therefore, MPC = $10 increase in consumption / $100 increase in income = 0.10 or 10%. However, since the question asks for the MPC, we need to consider the proportion of the total increase in income that is spent, which is 80% ($80 out of $100). So the correct answer is A, not C as it seems to be a mistake in the initial explanation.

The marginal propensity to save (MPS) is the proportion of an additional dollar of disposable income that is saved. Given that saving increases by $10 for every $100 increase in disposable income, MPS = $10 increase in saving / $100 increase in income = 0.10 or 10%. But since the question asks for the MPC, the correct answer is A.
C
wenxinyiyan C. the marginal propensity to save is .10.

Explanation:
Marginal propensity to save (MPS) is the proportion of an additional unit of disposable income that is saved, rather than spent on consumption. It is calculated as the change in savings divided by the change in disposable income.

From the question, we know that for every $100 increase in disposable income, saving increases by $10. Therefore, the marginal propensity to save (MPS) is:

MPS = Change in Savings / Change in Disposable Income
= $10 / $100
= 0.10 or .10

So, the correct answer is C. the marginal propensity to save is .10.
C
zhipu The marginal propensity to save (MPS) is the fraction of each additional dollar of disposable income that is saved. According to the given information, for every $100 increase in disposable income, saving increases by $10.

To calculate the MPS, we use the formula:

\[ \text{MPS} = \frac{\Delta \text{Saving}}{\Delta \text{Disposable Income}} \]

In this case, \( \Delta \text{Saving} = 10 \) and \( \Delta \text{Disposable Income} = 100 \):

\[ \text{MPS} = \frac{10}{100} = 0.10 \]

Therefore, the correct answer is:

C. the marginal propensity to save is .10.
C
gpto1 C C