Maria risks her savings to rent a kitchen, hire helpers, and sell cupcakes to customers. What free-enterprise characteristic is shown?

A family owns farmland and may sell it, lease it, or build a greenhouse on it. What free-enterprise characteristic is shown?

A diner owner subtracts food, rent, and wage costs from sales revenue and keeps the remaining income. What is the incentive?

Several gas stations near the same highway lower prices to win drivers' business. What free-enterprise characteristic is at work?

When shoppers spend their dollars on blue backpacks, stores order more blue backpacks for the next month. What characteristic does this show?

A mechanic repairs a car only after the customer agrees to the price. What free-enterprise feature is shown?

A bookstore owner selects inventory and sets prices without a planning board assigning books to sell. What feature of free enterprise is shown?

Before opening a shop, Lena can sell her 3-D printer, lend it, or use it as business equipment. What characteristic is shown?

Use the table. What incentive best explains why more customers bought shoes after the store changed its price?

A grocery store adds a coupon for apples, and families buy more apples that week. What incentive changed behavior?

A rainy forecast increases demand for umbrellas, so a store orders extra umbrellas to sell. What producer incentive is at work?

A factory buys faster sewing machines so each worker can make more shirts per hour. What producer incentive best explains the decision?

City inspectors check restaurant kitchens for safe food handling before owners keep serving meals. What role is government playing?

A county builds and maintains a road that shoppers, workers, and delivery trucks all use. What economic role is government playing?

A retailer refuses to pay for goods it agreed in writing to buy, so a court orders it to pay the supplier. What role is government playing?

The Justice Department sues companies that secretly agreed not to compete on prices. What role is government playing?

Use the table about a town's internet market. What effect of competition does it show after a second provider entered?

Two shoe stores sell similar sneakers, and one cuts its prices to win more sales. Who benefits most directly from this competition?

A new taco stand opens beside three lunch counters, and the older counters extend hours and add menu items. What effect does competition have?

A hardware store faces a new rival that offers online ordering, so it creates curbside pickup. What effect of competition is shown?