• 2021-04-14
    Assume that a smartphone maker operates in a perfectly competitive market producing 25,000 smartphones per day. At this output level, price is less than this firm's marginal cost. It follows that producing one more smartphone will cause this firm's:
  • profits to decrease.

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      In the model of monopolistic competition, compared to a firm with a lower marginal cost, a firm with a higher marginal cost will set a ________ price, produce ________ output, and earn ________ profits. A: higher; less; more B: higher; less; less C: lower; less; less D: lower; more; more

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      If a firm buys its labor in a competitive market, then a short-run increase in the price of the firm's output will cause the firm to( ) A: hire fewer workers. B: offer a higher wage. C: offer a lower wage. D: hire more workers.

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      For any given price, a firm in a competitive market will maximize<br/>profit by selecting the level of output at which price intersects the<br/>( ) A: average total cost curve. B: average variable cost curve. C: marginal cost curve. D: marginal revenue curve.

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      If a competitive firm maximizes short-run profits by producing some quantity of output, which of the following must be true at that level of output?

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      If a firm in a perfectly competitive market tries to raise its price above the going market price, then: