Question

Consider the competitive market for copper. Assume that, regardless of how many firms are in the industry, every firm in the industry is identical and faces the marginal cost (MC), average total cost (ATC), and average variable cost (AVC) curves shown on the following graph. COSTS (Dollars per pound) ATC MC D 0 5 45 50 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 QUANTITY (Thousands of pounds)

Answer 1

P	QS-1 FIRM	QS-20 FIRMS	30 FIRMS	40 FIRMS
10	0	0	0	0
15	15000	300000	450000	600000
30	20000	400000	600000	800000
40	22500	450000	675000	900000
70	27500	550000	825000	1100000
90	30000	600000	900000	1200000

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Supply (20 firms) Supply (30 firms) PRICE (Dollars per pound) Supply (40 firms) Demand 0 125 250 375 500 625 750 875 1000 1125 1250 QUANTITY (Thousands of pounds)

1) 40

2) earn positive profit

3) enter

4) zero

5) 30

6) 30

False