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What is the condition of a firm when the price equals average total cost according to the text?
What is the condition of a firm when the price equals average total cost according to the text?
- The firm makes economic profit.
- The firm breaks even. (correct)
- The firm incurs an economic loss.
- The firm shuts down.
In the short run equilibrium, what can a firm do?
In the short run equilibrium, what can a firm do?
- Guaranteed to make an economic profit.
- Only break even.
- Incur an economic loss.
- Any of the above. (correct)
What happens to supply and prices when new firms enter an industry making an economic profit?
What happens to supply and prices when new firms enter an industry making an economic profit?
- Supply increases and prices fall. (correct)
- Supply decreases and prices rise.
- Supply increases and prices rise.
- Supply decreases and prices fall.
Which curve is compared to the market price to determine if a firm is making a profit or incurring a loss?
Which curve is compared to the market price to determine if a firm is making a profit or incurring a loss?
What does it mean for a firm to break even in economic terms?
What does it mean for a firm to break even in economic terms?
What does the firm's economic loss equal to?
What does the firm's economic loss equal to?
Where is the firm's shutdown point located?
Where is the firm's shutdown point located?
What is the firm's loss at the shutdown point?
What is the firm's loss at the shutdown point?
What does the firm use to determine the profit-maximizing output?
What does the firm use to determine the profit-maximizing output?
In the firm's output decision, when is profit maximized?
In the firm's output decision, when is profit maximized?
What happens if Marginal Revenue (MR) is greater than Marginal Cost (MC) in the firm's output decision?
What happens if Marginal Revenue (MR) is greater than Marginal Cost (MC) in the firm's output decision?
What should a firm do when facing an economic loss according to the text?
What should a firm do when facing an economic loss according to the text?
In the context of the text, what does the firm need to consider to minimize losses during a temporary shutdown?
In the context of the text, what does the firm need to consider to minimize losses during a temporary shutdown?
What is a perfectly competitive firm's goal?
What is a perfectly competitive firm's goal?
In perfect competition, what does the firm need to decide?
In perfect competition, what does the firm need to decide?
At what output levels does a firm incur an economic loss according to the text?
At what output levels does a firm incur an economic loss according to the text?
How does a firm maximize its economic profit in perfect competition?
How does a firm maximize its economic profit in perfect competition?
What is the shutdown point for a firm in perfect competition?
What is the shutdown point for a firm in perfect competition?
