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List and explain the four different types of competitive situations that a firm may face in the market
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-perfect competition:trying to sell identical products
-monopoly:one firm is selling it, no competition
-Monopolistic competition: many sell similar products, but not the same
-Oligopoly: few firms sell identical products.
-monopoly:one firm is selling it, no competition
-Monopolistic competition: many sell similar products, but not the same
-Oligopoly: few firms sell identical products.
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What is the difference between explicit and implicit costs? Give an example of each.
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Explicit is costs that are out of pocket, implicit costs are using products that are already owned, Depreciation of goods.
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Explain the concept of Marginal Product?
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-is the additional output of one more worker. To the more workers or labors you have the more product you get
-What it takes to create one more of your product
-What it takes to create one more of your product
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Explain the Law of Diminishing Marginal Productivity and provide an example.
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general rule that as a firm employs more labor, eventually the amount of additional output produced declines
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What are variable costs? What are some examples of variable costs?
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Variable costs are costs that change. Like extra things you didn't really need to buy or expect to buy. Like may be a gift for your pregnant worker.
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What are fixed costs? What are some examples of fixed costs?
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They are costs that do not change, like the present of the building or paying your workers salaries.
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Explain how average costs are calculated. How do average costs typically appear on a graph?
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They are calculated by dividing the number by the amount of product. They are U shaped on the graph.
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What is the difference between short-run costs and long-run costs?
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Long run cost shows the lowest possible average cost of producing, allowing all the inputs to production to vary so that the firm is choosing its production technology. Short run shows the average total cost curve in the short run. Shows the total of the average fixed cost and average variable cost.
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What are marginal costs? What are the total costs?
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The additional cost of producing one more unit of output. Total costs it fixed cots and varriavle costs together.
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Explain the Economies of Scale concept.
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the situation where, as the quantity of output goes up, the cost per unit goes down. So when you are able to produce products after and buy materials in bulk, your price per unit goes down
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differentiate between constant returns to scale and diseconomies of scale
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Constant returns to scales when expanding all inputs property does not changed the average cost of production. Diseconomies of scale the long-run average cost of producing each individual unit increasing as total output increases.
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How do you find total revenue for a firm?
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you find it by subtracting your profits from your costs.
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Is labor a variable cost? Why or why not?
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Yes, because the amount of labor you need changes.
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How do fixed and variable costs play roles in economic decisions about future production and pricing?
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they play a role because they are trying to get these cots tot he lowest low they can in the future.
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How do firms find their total costs?
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By adding there fixed and variable costs.
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What is the difference between economic profit and accounting profit? Are they both important? Why or why not
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accounting profit includes explicit costs, where money is made. and economic is when money is normal lost, and total costs. They are both important in finding your financial situation and space.
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What is economies of scale
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the long-run average cost of producing output decreases as total output increases
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What is constant returns to scale
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expanding all inputs proportionately does not change the average cost of production
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Example of an Explicit cost
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Renting a building
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Example of Implicit cost
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Buying a dishwasher
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Short-run costs deal with
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Some fixed some variable costs
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Long-run costs deal with
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All variable costs
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What is diseconomies of scale
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More you produce the more expensive it is to make
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How do you calculate average costs
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divide the sum of variable costs and fixed costs by the quantity of units produced.