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AP Microeconomics / Unit 5

Unit 5 · 10–13%

Factor Markets

Wages and other factor prices come from the extra revenue an input produces.

Start first lessonUnit practice

Topics

  • Derived demand for labor
  • Marginal revenue product
  • Labor supply
  • Monopsony

Lessons

Key terms

Original practice

Marlow Works questions. If this unit does not have its own items yet, you will see other questions from the same course.

1 of 3Supply and Demand · medium · multiple choice

A binding price ceiling is set below equilibrium in the market for rental apartments. What is the most likely result?

Original Marlow Works item — not a College Board question.

Take your time—this is practice, not a test.

Review checklist

  1. 01Write MRP as MP times MR (or P in perfect competition).
  2. 02Show the hiring rule on a graph with wage on the vertical axis.
  3. 03State how a product-price change shifts labor demand.

Related resources

External links with reuse status. Marlow Works is independent and does not copy restricted exam or textbook material.

  • Official / link only

    AP Microeconomics course page

    Official six-unit framework for markets, costs, and market failure.

    College Board · All rights reserved · accessed 2026-10-01

    Open source

  • CC BY — attribution required

    Principles of Microeconomics: Scarcity and Social Provisioning

    Open microeconomics background for scarcity, markets, and elasticity.

    Open Textbook Library listing · CC BY · accessed 2026-10-01

    Open source

  • Official / link only

    FRED economic data

    Federal Reserve economic data. Terms vary by series; do not scrape or ingest.

    Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis · Varies by series · accessed 2026-10-01

    Open source