In a long-run competitive equilibrium, a restaurant owner who is just willing to continue operations and remain an active competitor will earn an economic profit equal to O A. marginal revenue. B. zero. OC. total revenues minus total explicit costs. OD. the number of units sold times the price of the product.
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- A profit-maximizing firm in a competitive market is currently producing 500 units of output. It has average revenue of $10, average total cost of $8, and fixed costs of $200. a. What is its profit? b. What is its marginal cost? c. What is its average variable cost? d. Is the efficient scale of the firm more than, less than, or exactly 100 units?Price Average total cost AVC Demand Marginal cost Marginal revenue Q Quantity Discuss the firm plotted on the figure. What type of firm do you see?is the firm operating at the optimal point of production? is the firm making a proht? s the firm operating in the short or in the long run?If a profit-maximizing, competitive firm is producing a quantity at which marginal cost is between average variable cost and average total cost, it will A. keep producing in the short run but exit the market in the long run. B. shut down in the short run but return to production in the long run C. shut down in the short run and exit the market in the long run. D. keep producing both in the short run and in the long run.
- Please solve Fast i give 2 like Which of the following is not true according to Figure 1? Hide Transcribed Text Figure 1: Cost and Price AC : Average Cost, AVC: Average Variable Cost, and MC: Marginal Cost A) The firm earn a zero economic profit when it produces 40 unit at the price of $5.7 per unit. B) The minimum acceptable price (the shut-down point) is $4.3 per unit. C) The firm's supply curve is its MC curve above minimum of AVC. D) The firm earns an economic profit when the price exceeds $4.3 per unit.Restaurants offer related but differentiated products to their consumers. In the long run, new restaurants enter the market and imitate the cuisineand atmosphere of successful competitors. Howwould you expect a restaurant to set its prices inthe long run? Describe the relationship betweenprice and average total cost. Does a restaurantearn economic profits?Edward Scahill produces table lamps in the perfectly competitive desk lamp market. The equilibrium price of lamps is $50. a. Fill in the blanks in the table for total revenue and marginal revenue, as represented by (i and ii). (Enter your responses as integers.) (1) Total revenue is $. (ii) Marginal revenue is $. b. How many table lamps will Edward produce to maximize profit? lamps. c. If next week the equilibrium price of desk lamps drops to $30, should Edward shut down? O A. Yes because he is not covering his fixed costs. OB. Yes because price is less than ATC. OC. No because price is greater than minimum AVC. D. No because he is covering his fixed costs and some of his AVC. Output per Total Costs Marginal week Cost 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 $120 150 170 185 195 215 260 310 385 495 $30 20 15 10 20 45 50 75 110 Total Marginal Revenue Revenue SO 50 100 (1) 200 250 300 350 400 450 $50 50 50 (if) 50 50 50 50 50
- a. Calculate profit for each quantity. How much should the firm produce to maximize profut ? b. Calculate marginal revenue and marginal cost for each quantity. Graph them. (Hint: Put the points between whole numbers. For example, the marginal cost between 2 and 3 should be graphed at ) At what quantity do these curves cross? How does this relate to your answer to part (a)? c. Can you tell whether this firm is in a competitive industry? If so, can you tell whether the industry is in a long-run equilibrium?The marginal operating cost of each unit of quantityis $5 (since marginal cost is a constant, so is averagevariable cost. Ignore fixed cost). The owners of theamusement park wish to maximize profits.Calculate the price, quantity and profit if:a. The amusement park charges a different price ineach market.b. The amusement park charges the same price inthe two markets combined.Lindsey's Lemonade Stand is producing at the level at which marginal revenue is equal to marginal cost. Lindsey's Lemonade Stand must be: O incurring a loss. O maximizing profits. O earning a zero economic profit. O maximizing revenue but not maximizingprofits.
- 1)A perfectly competitive firm produces 1000 units of burger in the long run. Themarginal revenue is RM6. Calculate this firm's marginal cost, average fixed cost, longrun average cost, total cost, total revenue, and total profit.Jo sells beautiful flower bouquets at the Sunday markets. Assume the market for flower bouquets is perfectly competitive. Jo sells her bouquets at the market price of $50. At the profit-maximising level of 57 bouquets, Jo's average total cost is $41 per bouquet. The minimum average variable cost is $38 per bouquet. Answer the following questions: a. Jo's economic profit or loss is dollars. (use a negative value if a loss). Answer in b. State whether the following statement is true or false: "At the profit-maximising quantity, Jo is making an economic profit of $9 per bouquet." Type T for true, or F for false c. State whether the following statement is true or false: "Jo should shut down if the market price is $40 per bouquet." Type T for true, or F for falseATC Price MC AVC 8. 7- 9. 10 11 12 13 Quantity The graph shows the cost curves of a firm in a competitive industry. The market price is $5. In the short run, the firm should Choose one: * A produce the output at which MR = MC and earn a profit. B. produce the output at which MR = MC and suffer a loss. O C. shut down the operation. 9 D. There is not enough information to answer the question. 1st attempt