Delvin has a hot dog stand in a busy midtown area with similar stands on every block. The graph above shows the cost curves of Delvin’s Hot Dogs. The market price of a hot dog is $3. Answer the questions below and show all calculations where necessary.  From the diagram, what is Delvin’s profit-maximizing output per day? Explain your answer.  Calculate Delvin’s accounting profit per day.  How will Delvin’s price and profit change in the long-run, assuming no change in technology or demand?

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Delvin has a hot dog stand in a busy midtown area with similar stands on every block. The graph above shows the cost curves of Delvin’s Hot Dogs. The market price of a hot dog is $3. Answer the questions below and show all calculations where necessary. 

  1. From the diagram, what is Delvin’s profit-maximizing output per day? Explain your answer. 
  2. Calculate Delvin’s accounting profit per day. 
  3. How will Delvin’s price and profit change in the long-run, assuming no change in technology or demand
$price/cost
6
5
4
3
2
1
100
200 300
MC
ATC
400
500
Qty (hot dogs per day
Transcribed Image Text:$price/cost 6 5 4 3 2 1 100 200 300 MC ATC 400 500 Qty (hot dogs per day
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