Official AP Microeconomics Thread

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<p>So, will the different forms be scored and graded individually, on different curves? I had Form O as well.</p>

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<p>I cried. I thought my class did a pretty good job of covering the material. I thought the MC was craycray doable, but my class didn’t cover the type of subsidies, the effects of tariffs on Micro (does it act like a price ceiling?), and only briefly went over elasticity… Why? </p>

<p>Could this be a “signal year?” My AP US teacher told me that College Board sometimes makes crazy FRQ (like a DBQ one year on Puritans, followed next year by a DBQ on Reagan to signal a shift in the course to emphasize less focus on the middle part of US) Maybe their signalling a shift?</p>

<p>Hopefully the curve doesn’t kill me and the FRQ were actually hard. ONLY 33.3% y’all!</p>

<p>I’m just angry because some things were completely missing. Factor markets? What?</p>

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<p>You should have been able to figure out what the subsidies are just from the name…per unit subsidy means that they get a certain amount per output, and lump sum means they just get a single cheque no matter how much they produce.</p>

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<p>Form O frq was harder than physics c guaranteed</p>

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<p>^Not really…you don’t need to know calculus or rotational motion, just basic arithmetic and how to read a graph.</p>

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<p>Micro FRQ was not more difficult than the Physics rotating & slipping down a ramp FRQ. That was ridiculous.</p>

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<p>So lump sum subsidy do not change mc, only afc, so atc too. But per unit subsidy changes mc and avc, so atc.</p>

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<p>Form O was very difficult… Probably tahe most difficult test I took this year. We did not learn half of question 1. Luckily, I was able to apply my knowledge to understand what question 3 was asking. I actually feel like question 3 was the easiest, but only because it clicked easily for me. The other 2 were very hard in my opinion, with question one being insane. </p>

<p>Hopefully I get a 4 or higher though… We’ll see.</p>

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<p>Here are the solutions that I got for the free-response. Note that I had no idea how to do number three and I just wrote down what I did on the test.</p>

<p>[Question</a> 1 - Solutions](<a href=“http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg819/scaled.php?server=819&filename=micro1s.jpg&res=landing]Question”>http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg819/scaled.php?server=819&filename=micro1s.jpg&res=landing)
[Question</a> 2 - Solutions](<a href=“http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg151/scaled.php?server=151&filename=micro2p.jpg&res=landing]Question”>http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg151/scaled.php?server=151&filename=micro2p.jpg&res=landing)
[Question</a> 3 - Solutions](<a href=“http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg812/scaled.php?server=812&filename=micro3e.jpg&res=landing]Question”>http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg812/scaled.php?server=812&filename=micro3e.jpg&res=landing)</p>

<p>Let me know what I got right/wrong.</p>

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<p>For 3bii, you would have nailed it if you had divided by 2(it’s a triangle, not a rectangle)
For iii, the tariff is $2, and the imported quantity is 10-6=4, so the revenue is 2*4=8</p>

<p>c. This is $0, as has been discussed earlier.</p>

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<p>^Ah yes, my mistake. On the test I actually divided by two but must have forgotten when I redid that problem last night! Haha, thanks for pointing that out. And I can’t remember if I put 8 for part iii, that sounds familiar…</p>

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<p>I got 23 for 3bii because it was trapazoid with like a retangle and triangle attached. I think you included an extra area garfieldliker.</p>

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<p>Yes, I added the triangle between Supply, Demand, and $4, since consumers who are willing to pay more than $4 can import the extra sugar, even if domestic suppliers don’t want to supply that much.</p>

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<p>Wait so is the answer $25 or not?</p>

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<p>Could someone please predict my FRQ score out of 30? </p>

<p>I got 1 c(i), 2 a(ii), 2d, 3 b(i) and 3 b(ii) wrong.</p>

<p>Would I get at least a 15/30…?</p>

<p>Also, do you guys think the curve for this test will be a bit more lenient?</p>

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<p>^not at all. If you get 15/30, you won’t probably be getting a 5. sorry. the econ curve has ALWAYS been cruel…</p>