The profit-maximizing condition of perfectly competitive firm is
P=MC
As it can be seen in the graph that quantity is K units and price is distance FK.
At profit-maximizing quantity ATC will be distance GK.
Profit=TR-TC
Profit is represented by area (BCFG).
Figure 9-11 MC FH, AC - Current Pric (in the Short Run) Price A LK 1...
Figure 2: Short-run unit cost curves P MC ATC 15 AVC 12 11 9 8 5 1 1 1 ! сл 8 10 13 17 Q Use figure 2, which depicts the cost curves of a perfectly competitive firm to answer the following a)(3 points) When the market prices is $8, what is the firm's short run profit maximizing output? b) (3 points)At a market price of $8, is the firm earning positive, negative, or zero economic profit? c) (3...
Figure 2: Short-run unit cost curves P MC ATC 15 AVC 12 11 9 8 5 5 8 10 13 17 d) (3 points) At a market price of $11, what is the firm's short run profit max- imizing output? e) (3 points) At a market price of $11, is the firm earning positive, negative, or zero economic profit? f) (3 points) At a market price of $11, is the market in a long run equilibrium? Why of Why not?
Figure 2: Short-run unit cost curves P MC ATC 15 AVC 12 11 9 8 5 5 8 10 13 17 g) (3 points) Calculate the economic profit of this firm when the market price is $15
Use the following to answer questions 11-13: Figure: Interpreting Short-Run Cost Curves ATC 1.2 AVC 1.0 MC 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 Output 11. (Figure: Interpreting Short-Run Cost Curves) Using information from the figure equals $0.40, the firm should: A) stay open because it is making an economic profit B) stay open in the short run because it is operating at an economic loss C) stay open because it is making a normal profit....
QUESTION 3 [20 Marks 1. Figure 1 illustrates the short-run profit/loss condition of a typical firm in a given market. Figure 1 MC ATC AVC 245 210 175 129 (a) Calculate the firm's total profit/loss. (b) Should this firm shut down in the short-run? Provide a reason for your answer. (c) What is this firm's shut-down price? d) What type of market stuctur is epreete tby igure 1? Consider the graph below, which indicates the demand and cost structures of...
5) Perfect Competition III The marginal costs (MC), average variable costs (AVC), and average total costs (ATC) for a firm are shown in the figure to the right. The market price is $10. a. What is the firm's profit-maximizing output level? b. Will the firm produce in the short-run? Why or why not? c. If the firm is producing in the short-run, is it earning a profit [yes, no, or N/A]? What is the firm's profit or loss per unit? d. What is the firm's...
1. Shut down versus exit prices in the short and long run Aa Aa E The graph below represents the marginal cost (MC), average expenditure (AE), and average cost (AC) curves for a firm when it has committed to 100 units of capital. Suppose the market price of output is given by P on the vertical axis and that the firm is a price-taker. Use the black point (X symbol) to represent the short-run (SR) profit-maximizing level of output, then...
Figure 14-3 Suppose a firm operating in a competitive market has the following cost curves 1 Price MC ++++++++++ ATC Refer to Figure 14-3. If the market price is $10, what is the firm's short-run economic profit? $15 B. $30 C. $9 D. $50
AR Refer to Figure 14-3 from question 31. If the market price is $10, what is the firm's short-run economic profit? a. $9 b. $15 c. $30 d. $50 34. Figure 14-6 the MC ,ATC AVC Q1 02 03 Qanty 04 Refer to Figure 14-6. Firms will be earn losses in the short run but will remain in business if the market price a. Exceeds P2 b. Is greater than P1 but less than P3. c. Exceeds P3, d. Is...
19) The above figure shows the cost curves for a competitive firm. If the price is _______, then this firm will _______, and it ______ shut down in the short run. A) less than $10; incur economic loss; will not. B) greater than $10; earn economic profit; will not. C) less than $10; incur economic loss; may or may not. D) B and C only E) A and B only $1q] MC 15 AC 11 10 AVC 40