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$41
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What is the amount of the firm's loss at its optimal output level?
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total revenue equals $24 and total cost equals $20.
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At Victoria's profit-maximizing output
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of product differentiation.
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A monopolistically competitive firm faces a downward-sloping demand curve because
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P = $50; Q = 6 cases
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What is the output (Q) that maximizes profit and what is the price (P) charged?
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Q2 units
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What is the monopolistic competitor's profit maximizing output?
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The firm should lower its price.
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A monopolistically competitive firm is producing an output level where marginal revenue is greater than marginal cost. What should this firm do to increase its profit or reduce its losses?
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Panel A
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Which of the graphs in the figure depicts a monopolistically competitive firm that is earning economic profits?
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by producing where marginal revenue equals marginal cost.
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Both monopolistically competitive firms and perfectly competitive firms maximize profits
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price = $12; quantity = 4.
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What are the firm's profit-maximizing or loss-minimizing price and quantity?
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its total revenue covers its variable cost.
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In the short run, a profit-maximizing firm's decision to produce should be guided by whether
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$6.52.
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If a monopolistically competitive firm is producing 50 units of output where marginal cost equals marginal revenue, total cost is $1,674 and total revenue is $2,000, its average profit is
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the area (H - E).
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The marginal revenue from selling the additional unit Qb instead of Qa equals
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P2
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If the firm represented in the diagram is currently producing and selling Qa units, what is the price charged?
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average total cost is minimized in production.
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For productive efficiency to hold
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$16
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What is the firm's profit-maximizing price?
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$41
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What is the amount of the firm's loss at its optimal output level?
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0P1bQa
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What is the area that represents the total variable cost of production?
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$20
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The Jeans Store sells 7 pairs of jeans per day when it charges $100 per pair. It sells 8 pairs of jeans per day at a price of $90 per pair. The marginal revenue of the eighth pair of jeans is
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by producing where marginal revenue equals marginal cost
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Both monopolistically competitive firms and perfectly competitive firms maximize profits
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firms take market prices as given.
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All of the following characteristics are common to both monopolistic competition and perfect competition except
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that products are not standardized in monopolistic competition unlike in perfect competition.
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A major difference between monopolistic competition and perfect competition is
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It should stay in business because it covers some of its fixed cost.
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What is the best course of action for the firm in the short run?
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Q3 units
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What is the allocatively efficient output for the firm represented in the diagram?
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firms earn normal profits.
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Long-run equilibrium under monopolistic competition is similar to that under perfect competition in that