Use the table below to answer the next question for a perfectly competitive firm. OutputTotal RevenueTotal Cost0$0$501407428094312011741601425200172The market price of the product in the short run is
A. $40.
B. $160.
C. $80.
D. $120.
Answer: A
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Suppose that a government agency is trying to decide between two pollution reduction policy options. Under the permit option, 100 pollution permits would be sold, each allowing emission of one unit of pollution. Firms would be forced to shut down if they produced any units of pollution for which they did not hold a permit. Under the pollution tax option, firms would be taxed $250 for each unit of pollution emitted. The regulated firms all currently pollute and face varying costs of pollution reduction, though all face increasing marginal costs of pollution reduction. Suppose the permit policy is adopted. A firm will wish to purchase its first permit if the price of that permit is less than or equal to:
A. the average cost of eliminating one unit of pollution. B. the reduction in costs associated with increasing its emissions from zero to one unit. C. the increase in costs associated with reducing its existing emissions by one unit. D. the lowest cost of eliminating one unit of pollution.
Refer to Figure 5-1. At the market equilibrium,
A) the marginal cost is less than the marginal benefit. B) the marginal cost is equal to the marginal benefit. C) the marginal cost is greater than the marginal benefit. D) the marginal cost is zero.
Suppose that each worker must use only one shovel to dig a trench, and shovels are useless by themselves. In the long run, an increase in the price of shovels will result in
A) fewer shovels being purchased to produce the same number of trenches. B) more workers being hired to produce the same number of trenches. C) the firm wishing to produce more trenches. D) no change in the firm's input mix.
The manufacturers of information products typically
A) have low fixed costs. B) have high marginal costs. C) have high fixed costs. D) have zero fixed costs.