Suppose that the market is perfectly competitive with a price of $16. The graph below shows the cost curves of a typical manufacturer in the market. a. Why is the firm's marginal revenue curve horizontal? MC Price (dollars per unit) AVC b. What is the profit maximizing level of output for the firm? 0 14 17 19 Quantity (units) c. Given your answer to part (a), is the firm making a profit or a loss? What is the value of...
AVC мс Р умс LAT ATC SAVCP (m) 0 0 Refer to the graphs above of perfectly competitive firms. Which graph(s) depict situations in which market prices will fall in the future: O il and I because the firms in both graphs will immediately shutdown and some firms in the industry will exit causing the price to fall O I because firms are making economic profits, which will entice firms to enter the industry and subsequently cause the market price...
Graph Worksheet MC DI MR P4 ATC P3 P2 AVC PI 02 1. What is the price and quantity at the optimum level of production? Is this an economic profit, loss, or break-even? Should the firm produce? 2. If the industry model is monopolistic competition, what will happen to the industry? What will happen to the demand and marginal revenue curves for the individual firm? In the long run where will the demand curve be? Will the firm achieve productive...
$ per unit MC ATC MR $40 AVC $20 2 4 6 8 10 12 Output (9) The graph above shows a firm's Marginal Revenue (MR), Marginal Cost (MC), Average Total Cost (ATC) and Average Variable Cost (AVC). This firm is a profit-maximizing price taker. Find the firm's short run shutdown price. (Do not include a S sign in your response. Round to the nearest two decimal places if necessary.) Answer: Check
Price MC ATC AVC - MR 40 45 47 Quantity a. (1 points) Using the graph above, what is the profit maximizing or loss minimizing output and price? b. (1 point)Using the graph above, what is the profit or loss for the profit maximizing firm? c. (2 points) What would happen in this market in the long run. Be sure to explain in detail what happens in the market and the firm. What would be the long run price, and...
Exhibit 12-6 MC ATC AVC -P-MR-AR Quantity (firm) for this firm is represented by the area of Refer to Exhibit 12-6. The short run profit; OP,Bq loss; OP Bq profit; PABP loss; PABP Price
Homework Assignment # 5 ATC AVC Price МC 20 Demand-AR-MR 10 22 24 18 40 1 (1 points) Using the graph above, what is the profit maximizing or loss minimizing output and price? 2. (1 point)Using the graph above, what is the profit or loss at the profit maximizing or loss minimizing point 3. (1 point) What is the shutdown price and quantity? 4. (1 point) Explain why a firm may continue to produce in the short-run even though the...
What identical and faces the marginal cost (MC), average total cost (ATC), and average variable cost (AVC) curves shown on the following graph. 100 30,90 90 80 70 60 COSTS (Dollars per pound) 50 ATC 20 AVC 10 0 5 45 50 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 QUANTITY (Thousands of pounds) Use the orange points (square symbol) to plot the initial short-run industry supply curve when there are 20 firms in the market. (Hint: You can disregard the...
Please answer both of the following questions: Price мC ATC AVC В A Quantity/Week Refer to the above figure. The competitive firm's short run supply curve starts at B and goes along the ATC curve as quantity increases. starts at B and goes along the MC curve as quantity increases. starts at A and goes along the AVC curve as quantity increases. starts at A and goes along the MC curve as quantity increases. QUESTION 14 A market structure in...
12. In the long run: A. there will be no entry or exit of firms in this industry B. new firms enter the industry and curve A shifts to the right. C. firms exit this industry and curve A shifts to the left D. new firms enter this industry and curve F shifts to the right Questions 1- 14 refer to Figure 1 I. The industry's short-run supply curve is curve A. A H B. С.Е. D. F 2. The...