1. Why is water, which is essential to life, so cheap, while diamonds, which are not essential to life, so expensive? Explain your answer using total utility (TU) and marginal utility (MU). 2. Discuss the advantages of perfect competition. 3. What is the shape and elasticity of the demand curve facing a perfectly competitive firm? Why? 4. How does the firm determine how much to produce in the short run?

1. Why is water, which is essential to life, so cheap, while diamonds, which are not essential to life, so expensive? Explain your answer using total utility (TU) and marginal utility (MU). 2. Discuss the advantages of perfect competition. 3. What is the shape and elasticity of the demand curve facing a perfectly competitive firm? Why? 4. How does the firm determine how much to produce in the short run?

Microeconomics: Private and Public Choice (MindTap Course List)

16th Edition

ISBN:9781305506893

Author:James D. Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, Russell S. Sobel, David A. Macpherson

Publisher:James D. Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, Russell S. Sobel, David A. Macpherson

Chapter9: Price Takers And The Competitive Process

Section: Chapter Questions

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