A firm in perfectly competitive market has perfectly elastic demand curve (i.e., horizontal to x-axis).
A firm in monopolistic competition has downward sloping demand curve which is less elastic than perfectly competitive firm demand curve.
So, the correct answer is an option (b).
price is less than the average variable cost and the marginal cost must be falling O...
Question 7 5 pts Let's say that you know the following information for an oligopoly firm: Total Revenue equals $200 million. Variable Costs are $170 million. Fixed Costs equal $20 million. The firm is currently producing 2,000 products at the MC = MR point (and the MC curve is rising). What recommendation do you have for this firm? Assuming the firm's costs remain the same, the firm should produce fewer products in order to decrease its marginal costs. The profit...
15. When marginal cost is less than average total cost, a. marginal cost must be falling. b. average variable cost must be falling. c. average total cost is falling. d. average total cost is rising. 16. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a competitive market? a. Buyers and sellers are price takers. b. Each firm sells a virtually identical product. c. Entry is limited d. Each firm chooses an output level that maximizes profits. 17. If a...
please answer all 16. To say that a firm is a price taker means that: a. the firm's demand curve is perfectly inelastic b. the firm's marginal revenue curve is downward sloping c. the firm's average total cost curve is horizontal d. the firm can alter its output without influencing price e. all of the above 17. In a perfectly competitive market, the demand curve facing the firm is: a. identical to the market demand curve b. perfectly clastic even...
2. In a perfectly competitive industry, an individual firm's demand curve will be: a) Perfectly elastic. b) Perfectly inelastic. c) Downward sloping to the right. d) Upward sloping to the right. 3. A firm in a competitive market will seek to... a) Minimize total costs. b) Maximize total revenue. c) Minimize marginal cost. d) Maximize the difference between total revenue and total cost. e) Maximize the difference between marginal revenue and marginal cost. In the short-run, if a firm's marginal...
QUESTION 32 If marginal cost is rising average variable cost must be falling average fixed cost must be rising marginal product must be falling marginal product must be rising QUESTION 33 Diminishing marginal product suggests that additional units of output beccome less costly as more output is produced marginal cost is upward sloping the firm is at full capacity adding additional workers willl lower total cost
18 20,21,22,23 Question 18 2 pts The marginal revenue received by a firm in a perfectly competitive market: O is greater than the market price. O is equal to its average revenue. increases with the quantity of output sold. is less than the market price. Question 20 2 pts An individual firm in a perfectly competitive industry faces a demand curve with O unit elasticity O elasticity greater than zero but less than one. zero elasticity infinite elasticity Question 21...
The demand curve for a perfectly competitive firm options: is upward sloping. is perfectly horizontal. is perfectly vertical. maybe downward or upward sloping, depending upon the type of product offered for sale. In the short run, the best policy for a perfectly competitive firm is to Question 17 options: shut down its operation if the price ever falls below average total cost. produce and sell its product as long as price is greater than average variable cost. shut down its...
The perfectly competitive firm's demand curve is: Perfectly elastic. Relatively elastic Perfectly inelastic. Relatively inelastic Statement 1: In the long run, firms in a monopolistically competitive industry will be producing that quantity that maximize social surplus. Statement 2: In the long run, firms in a monopolistically competitive industry will be producing at the minimum of its ATC curve. Statement (1) is true; statement (2) is false. Statements (1) and (2) are both true. Statement (1) is false; statement (2) is...
For a perfectly competitive firm, marginal revenue equals marginal cost at 250 units of output. At 250 units, price is greater than average variable cost. It necessarily follows that the Select one: a. marginal cost curve must have an upward-sloping portion and a downward-sloping portion. b. firm must be earning a profit. c. firm should continue to produce in the short run. d. firm should shut down its operation in the short run Next page Seo w
The average total cost curve for a perfectly competitive firm. Suppose the marginal cost curve is upward sloping and this firm is maximizing its total profit at a market price of $15. The firm's per unit profit is: $20 ATC 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80