Suppose a firm has chosen its quantity so that its marginal cost isequal to the market price, and is making positive profits because its revenues exceed its costs. Is this firm operating in a range where it production exhibits economies of scale or diseconomies of scale?

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Q: A firm’s total cost of production is given by TC=100q+100q^2. Are the returns to scale increasing,…

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Q: 1) Consider a company that outputs 1,000 doohickies. The company's long-run production function is:…

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Q: In the short run with fixed amount of at least one input, the law of diminishing returns must apply,…

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Q: If a firm is experiencing economies of scale, doubling inputs will: double output. more than double…

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Q: In short-run production where labor is a variable input, the relationship between marginal product…

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Q: A firm’s marginal product will be at a maximum at which of the following levels of output?…

A: To determine the level of output at which a firm's marginal product will be at a maximum.

Q: competitive firm has a single factory with the cost function C(q) = 5q² + 79 and produces 32 units…

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Q: A firm has a Cobb-Douglas production function, q=2L0.5K0.5 . If it faces factor prices of w=20 and…

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Q: Consider the following hypothetical firm that is normally producing 200 units of the product per…

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Q: Suppose that a firm has only one variable input, labor, and firm output is zero when labor is zero.…

A: So  FC=$6 VC=7×$10       =$70

Q: Suppose that the marginal cost of producing a pound of cereal is $2, irrespective of the level of…

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Q: Short-run average total cost      shows the minimum average total cost for each level of output…

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Q: A firm doubles the quantity of all resources it employs and, as a result, output doubles. Which of…

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Q: Suppose a firm’s cost function is given by C(q) = 20 + 10q − 4q^2 + q^3 (a) What is fixed cost? (b)…

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Q: A firm's long-run total cost curve is given as: TC (q) = 1000q-30q2+q3. At what quantity is the…

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Q: Q. 3 Consider a firm with a production function given by Q = F(K, L) = 2KL . 5-a) Compute the degree…

A: 5-a) Q=F(K,L)=2KL F(K,L)=2KL F(tK,tL)=2(tK)(tL)              = 2t2KL             = t2(2KL)…

Q: A firm's long-run total cost curve is TC(Q)= 1000Q - 30Q² + Q³. Derive the expression for the…

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Short-Run Costs and Long-Run Costs

Cost of short-run and the long-run is an economic term that describes the cost involved in the production of goods in a firm in the short as well as long period.