Microeconomics For Today (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Irvin B. Tucker
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Chapter 8, Problem 8SQ
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The quantity of output produced by a firm at a price of $15 per unit.
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iv. Over time Yasir decides to expand his business. In the long run he first experiences economies of scale, followed by constant returns to scale and finally diseconomies of scale as the output increases. Draw a diagram of his ATC in the short run and the long run. Explain this diagram in detail.
Your company sells Beyonce concert DVDS. Total fixed
costs for your operation are $10,000 a year. The variable costs
are: 50Q – Q
(Q is in hundreds)
The firm pays $500 a year in various taxes. The market price of
these DVDS is $40. Beyonce has many fans.
Show your work/thought process:
a. Should the firm shut down in the short run? Explain.
b. If the firm's fixed costs decreased from $10,000 to
$8,000, would the firm shut down in the short run?
Suppose a firm's marginal cost is increasing as it produces more output. Then the firm is said to be experiencing which of the following?
a.increasing returns to scale
b.diminishing returns to scale
c.losses
d.profit
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Microeconomics For Today (MindTap Course List)
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