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Author: Irvin B. Tucker
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Chapter 8, Problem 13SQ
To determine
Short-run supply curve
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The short-run supply curve for a price-taking firm
is given by:
Select one:
a. its short-run marginal cost curve above
average fixed cost
b. its entire short-run marginal cost curve
c. its short-run marginal cost curve above
minimum average total cost
d. its short-run marginal cost curve above
minimum average variable cost
e. the positively sloped portion of its average cost
curve
For the pizza seller whose marginal, average variable, and average total cost curves are shown below.
a. What is the profit maximizing level of output and profit of this firm if the price of pizza is $3.50?
b. Below what price will this firm shut-down in the short-run?
c. If the price was $4.50, what would this firm's profit be?
A short-run supply curve for a competitive firm is the same as the:
Answers:
A.
Marginal revenue curve.
B.
Marginal cost curve.
C.
Average variable cost curve.
D.
Average total cost curve.
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