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When a firm earning a normal profit from the production of a good, it is true that
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Total revenues fron. Production are equal to the sin of explicit and implicit costs
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Jason cleans swimming pools in a perfectly competitive local market. A profit maximizer, he can charge $10 per pool to clean 9 pools per day, incurring total variable costs of $80 and total fixed cost of $20. Which of the following is true?
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Jason should clean 9 pools per day with economic losses of $10
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If, for each additional unit of a variable input, the increases in output become smaller, which of the following correctly identifies the concept?
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Diminishing marginal productivity
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Shut down point
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is at the intersection of the AVC and Mc
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Example of an implicit cost
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the value placed on the owner's skills in an alternative career
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? = total cost
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Total variable cost + total fixed cost
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In a perfectly competitive firm's demand curve
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Price and marginal revenue are equal at all levels of output
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In the short run a perfectly competitive firm
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May earn positive, negative, or normal profits
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Average total cost =
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average fixed cost + average variable cost
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The condition that P= MC is the direct requirement for which type of efficiency?
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Allocative efficiency
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Which of the following best exemplifies economies of scale?
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As a firm's input triples, it's output quadruples
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production function
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Has total productivity curve, average productivity curve, marginal productivity
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The demand curve for a perfectly competitive firm's product is
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Perfectly elastic
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If the market price is above the perfectly competitive firm's average total cost curve, we expect that in the long run
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The industry expands as firms join the market
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Diminishing marginal returns to short- run production begins when
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Marginal product of labor begins to fall
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Which of the following statements accurately describes the relationship between AP and and MP of labor?
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AP rises when MP is above it and falls when MP is below it
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Which of the following is true in the long run in perfect competition?
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P = MR = MC = ATC
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Which of the following is an example of a long-run adjustment for the owners of a small cafe?
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The owners buy the office next door and this doubles the customer seating
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Which of the following is correct
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In the long run, all inputs are variable
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? = average total cost
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Average variable cost + average fixed cost
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of perfectly competitive industry?
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Product differentiation
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of the following which is true about the relationship of the ATC curve and MC curve?
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The MC curve intersects the ATC curve at the minimum point of the ATC curve.