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Problem 1. Consider an industry that initially has 50 firms, with cost functions of C(y) 25y2+400, and that there are a large number of other firms that can produce the output of the industry at the same cost. Throughout this problem, short- and long-run will be used to refer to industry short- and long-run (a) Initially let demand be P-300-.5Y (i) What will be the short-run price? Explain. ii) What will be the long-run price? Explain. (ii) How many firms will be in the industry in the long-run? Explain (iv) Draw a graph that depicts your answers. Mark your graph with actual numbers where appropriate (b) Suppose demand goes up to P- 350- .5Y (i) What will be the short-run price? Explain ii) What will be the long-run price? Explain. ii How many firms will be in the industry? Explain. (iv) Add the necessary components to your graph to depict these answers.

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