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- ls uccess Tips ■ccess Tips NOUT Actumpto Koup the Highest/3 3. Is monopolistic competition efficient? Suppose that a firm produces baseball bats in a monopolistically competitive market. The following graph shows its demand curve, marginal revenue (MR) curve, marginal cost (MC) curve, and average total cost (ATC) curve. Place a black point (plus symbol) on the graph to indicate the long-run monopolistically competitive equilibrium price and quantity for this firm. Next, place a grey point (star symbol) to indicate the minimum average total cost the firm faces and the quantity associated with that cost. PRICE (Dollars par bat) 80 70 60 20 MO о о 10 20 40 ATC 60 QUANTITY (Thousands of bas) Demand Man Camp Outcome Min Unit Cost Because this market is a monopolistically competitive market, you can tell that it is in long-run equilibrium by the fact that optimal quantity. Furthermore, the quantity the firm produces in long-run equilibrium is average total cost. at the the quantity at which…Create a Graph For this assignment; you will produce a marginal cost anatys graph and answer some cuestons. Steps competition, monopolistic compettion, cligopoly, monopoly) 2. Draw a marginal analysis graph. Trso it the market for the prodict vou chosef (Label the axes the margral cost carve (Mc), the marginal reverue curve (MiR), and the profit-maximizing cuantity (apm) You do not need to use reai numbers 3 Answer the reflection questions in complete sentences: What is your proouct and its price? What type of mankel does your product costin? Why is the margnal cost curve the same basic snape no manter the product? At the profit-makimizing quantify is the price of your procues equal to hipher than or lower than marginal Note:- Do not provide handwritten solution. Maintain accuracy and quality in your answer. Take care of plagiarism. Answer completely. You will get up vote for sure.Study Tools ins ess Tips ss Tips PRICE (Dellars per engine) 288 RSS #RR 100 50 30 20 10 MO 0 0 10 ATC MR Demand 20 30 40 50 70 DO 90 QUANTITY (Thousands of engines) 100 Mon Comp Outcome Min Unt Cost Decause this market is a monopolistically competitive market, you can tell that it is in long-run equilibrum by the fact that optimal quantity. Furthermore, a monopolistically competitive firm's average total cost in long-run equilibrium is average total cost. at the the minimum
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- Imagine that you ale managing a small firm and thinking about entering the market of a monopolist. The monopolist is currently charging a high price, and you have calculated that you can make a nice profit charging 10 less than the monopolist. Before you go ahead and challenge the monopolist, what possibility should you consider for how the monopolist might react?Can you think of any examples of successful predatory pricing in the real world?The graph below represents sales per week of ABC Inc. Ltd, a monopoly multinationalenterprise that supplies Hi-tech components. Use the graph to answer the questionsthat follow i. State the elasticity of the monopoly firm demand curve. ii. Considering the figure, examine the benefits of the characteristics of themonopoly demand curve to ABC Inc. Ltd. iii. Suppose the demand and cost curves result in ABC Inc. Ltd earning aneconomic profit. Do you think ABC Inc. Ltd firm will earn profit in the long run? Explain your answer. Assume all factors constant. iv. Examine the effects of ABC Inc. Ltd on consumers.