O Macmillan Learning The accompanying graph depicts the marginal cost (MC), average total cost (ATC), demand, and marginal revenue (MR) curves facing a monopolistically competitive firm. Place point A at the profit-maximizing price and quantity combination for the firm. What is the total profit made by the firm? Profits: $ Price 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 19.00 MC A ATC 179mand MR 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Quantity

O Macmillan Learning The accompanying graph depicts the marginal cost (MC), average total cost (ATC), demand, and marginal revenue (MR) curves facing a monopolistically competitive firm. Place point A at the profit-maximizing price and quantity combination for the firm. What is the total profit made by the firm? Profits: $ Price 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 19.00 MC A ATC 179mand MR 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Quantity

Exploring Economics

8th Edition

ISBN:9781544336329

Author:Robert L. Sexton

Publisher:Robert L. Sexton

Chapter14: Monopolistic Competition And Product Differentiation

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1P

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The graph depicts a monopolistically competitive firm. Assuming the firm's ATC is ATC', the firm's current economic profit (per day) is_____, and its long-run economic profit is _____. Price and cost $40 30 23 20 10 0 $3,000; $0 $1,500; $0 $1,500; $2,500 $4,000; $3,000 MR 150 200 MC ATC ATC AR=D Quantity (per day)
Place the black point (plus symbol) on the graph to indicate the short-run profit-maximizing price and quantity for this monopolistically competitive company. Then, use the green rectangle (triangle symbols) to shade the area representing the company's profit or loss. 500 450 Monopolistically Competitive Outcome 400 350 ATC Profit or Loss 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 PRICE (Dollars per bike) MC MR Demand 400 0 50 100 450 500 150 200 250 300 350 QUANTITY (Bikes) Given the profit-maximizing choice of output and price, the shop is making shops in the industry relative to the long-run equilibrium. Now consider the long run in which bike manufacturers are free to enter and exit the market. profit, which means there are
Question 19 of 20 > O Macmillan Learning The accompanying graph depicts average total cost (ATC), marginal cost (MC), marginal revenue (M), and demand (D) facing a monopolistically competitive firm. Place point A at the firm's profit maximizing price and quantity. What is the firm's total cost? total cost: $ What is the firm's total revenue? total revenue: $ What is the firm's total profit? profit: $ Price and Cost ($) 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 MR MC ATC D 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95100 Quantity
The following graph shows cost curves for a monopolistically competitive firm. Place the black point (cross symbol) on the graph to indicate the short-run profit-maximizing price and quantity for a monopolistically competitive firm. 500 450 PRICE PER UNIT (Dollars) 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 50 MC 0 0 50 100 150 LRAC MR Demand 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 QUANTITY (Units) + Monopolistically Competitive Outcome The following graph shows cost curves for a perfectly competitive firm. Place the grey point (star symbol) on the graph to indicate the point where a perfectly competitive firm would produce. ? 500 450 400 350 300 * Perfectly Competitive Outcome
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